Featuring works from 1967 - 2017, our current exhibition follows the course of Colombian-born artist Fanny Sanín’s 50-year career– from an early abstract expressionist painting to later hard-edge geometric paintings and works on paper. 

It begins with Oil No. 4, 1967, an early work that reflects Fanny Sanín’s initial forays into abstract
expressionism. During the late 1960s, Sanín adopted a more geometric approach, which she continues to pursue and refine. The path of this exploration can be seen from an early minimal work Acrylic No. 9, 1970, where we begin to understand her distillation of forms, to Acrylic No. 2, 1974, one of her first symmetrical paintings.

From the mid-1970s onward, symmetry becomes the framework from which her compositions take shape. Structured around a vertical axis, Sanín arranges rectilinear forms into complex configurations that do not adhere to any formula, but instead propagate in refreshing and unexpected ways with harmony and balance. Color plays an essential role in creating dynamism and interest. The hues are solid and flat, and glow in the absence of brushstrokes. At times, the color shifts are clear and pronounced, while others are subtle and almost imperceptible. 

Fanny Sanín is on view through November 4, 2017, and is presented in conjunction with the Getty initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.