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Elliott Puckette: New Paintings

Past exhibition
December 14, 2010 – January 22, 2011 293 Tenth Avenue, New York
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  • Paul Kasmin Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Elliott Puckette at its 293 Tenth Avenue space.

    Puckette’s work is characterized by her incised, purposeful lines, which evoke the curvature of the body, musical notes and 19th century adornment. These lyrical compositions mask their laborious creation, wherein every line is meticulously etched into grounds of ink wash and gesso on wooden panels. Many of Puckette’s new paintings employ a wide range of watery hues—from bright pink and turquoise to deep red and blue— that run and puddle into voluminous abstract forms. In her new black and white paintings, the etched lines appear to rise from a sea of undulating ink dots, creating a strong visual tension between figure and ground.

    Elliot Puckette was born in Lexington, Kentucky and received her BFA from Cooper Union in New York. Her work is in a number of public collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New York Public Library, the Fogg Museum, and the Huntsville Museum of Art. She lives and works in Brooklyn.

  • Installation view, Elliott Puckette: New Paintings New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, December 14, 2010 - January 22, 2011 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view, Elliott Puckette: New Paintings New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, December 14, 2010 - January 22, 2011 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view, Elliott Puckette: New Paintings New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, December 14, 2010 - January 22, 2011 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Installation view, Elliott Puckette: New Paintings New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, December 14, 2010 - January 22, 2011 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
  • Works
    • Elliott Puckette, Lacerta, 2010
      Elliott Puckette, Lacerta, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, Corvus, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, Eridamus, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, Edgar Huntly, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, Grus, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, The Mirror, the Comb, and the Necklace, 2010
      Elliott Puckette, The Mirror, the Comb, and the Necklace, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, Circinus, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, Jurgen, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, Knife in the Water, 2010
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    • Elliott Puckette, Auriga, 2010
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  • About the Artist

    Elliott Puckette
    Portrait by Charlie Rubin.

    Elliott Puckette

    The elegant simplicity of Puckette’s line belies its complex process. With brisk, confident gestures, the artist etches inlets into board washed with layers of gesso and ink. The colored washes create distinctive atmospheres in each work—brooding storm clouds of gray and tumultuous seas of dark purple. Puckette uses a razor blade to draw her arcs, carving out pathways instinctively with exquisite light touch. Later, she returns to deepen the furrows with cross-hatching—a labor-intensive process that inherently slows the line, subtracting it from the painting and delineating its negative space. 

    In recent bodies of work, Puckette has developed her use of line by first rendering it three dimensions, making ephemeral sculptures out of wire. By translating the form of the maquette, Puckette flattens, and thus further abstracts, the line. As such, the works capture a silhouette of their three-dimensional references, a fleeting snapshot of perspective. 

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