Painters’ Table — Top 10 Best Posts: April 2012

12 May 2012

The Huffington Post has named artist, Steve Roden’s blog post on Hammersley as one of the best of April 2012:

Roden writes: “when i discovered hammersley’s organics they felt not only like the perfect antidote to the bombastic gargantuan works of painters like anselm kiefer and julian schnabel, but they also felt like an ally…  a lot of decisions in [Hammersley’s] work revolved around intuition, and i believe that because of this, the work is open in terms of readings and/or experience. an intuitive process - as opposed to a ‘plan’ or a 'propaganda’; offers the viewer a potential intuited response - creating meaning through experience, as opposed to creating meaning through knowing… this is what makes the work so generous.”

Read the online article in its entirety here

Today is the last day to see the Frederick Hammersley exhibition at L.A. Louver!