Intersect Palm Springs Picks: Victoria Burns

While viewing Artsy’s Intersect selection, I was immediately drawn to historic figures along with bright minimalist pieces from more contemporary artists that are making waves in the artworld. The pieces that stood out to me were Jonas Wood’s “Matisse Pot” Vivian Springford’s “Untitled (VSF094)” and Lita Albuquerque’s “Auric Field (LA2020.37)”.

Jonas Wood’s “Matisse Pot” is a standout with his signature graphic and collage style. The work directly references not only art history with its clear nod to Mattisse and his iconic red, but also the artist’s own life. Wood’s wife, Shio Kusaka, is a ceramicist and he often paints the ceramics in her studio.

Despite a lack of recognition for most of her career, Vivian Springford’s color field “stains” have become a recognizable fixture in the art world, and she is now receiving the attention she always deserved. The artist was a figure during the Abstract Expressionist era and was active in multiple facets of the New York art world from the 1950s to 1970s. Her piece showing at Ikon’s booth uses bright and unexpected color pairings that feel simultaneously current and reminiscent of the Color Field era.

Light and Space artist Lita Albuquerque creates cosmic and transcendent paintings that are best experienced in person. The center of the work holds a concave circle lined with silver leaf, contrasting the blue background. Her use of blue pigment is seen throughout her practice and offers a meditative space for introspection on the human-scale within an infinite universe.

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