{"id":2424,"date":"2012-07-02T22:23:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T22:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/07\/02\/we-love-seeing-juan-usle-and-jason-martin-in-such\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:29:01","slug":"we-love-seeing-juan-usle-and-jason-martin-in-such","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/we-love-seeing-juan-usle-and-jason-martin-in-such","title":{"rendered":"We love seeing Juan Usl\u00e9 and Jason Martin in such great company!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" data-id=\"2425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tumblr_m4jv86ndbh1qb8ivxo1_1280-1024x628.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tumblr_m4jv86ndbh1qb8ivxo1_1280-1024x628.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tumblr_m4jv86ndbh1qb8ivxo1_1280-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tumblr_m4jv86ndbh1qb8ivxo1_1280-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tumblr_m4jv86ndbh1qb8ivxo1_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/artsy.tumblr.com\/post\/23698051419\/featured-gene-contemporary-color-fields\">artsy<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Featured Gene: Contemporary Color Fields<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/art.sy\/#!\/gene\/contemporary-color-fields-1\">Contemporary Color Fields<\/a>\u201d denotes contemporary works that resemble 1950s and 60s <a href=\"http:\/\/art.sy\/#!\/gene\/color-field-painting\">Color Field painting<\/a>. The gene does not refer to a specific movement or technique, but rather captures abstract artworks - mostly paintings - that emphasize washes, swathes, or bands of undifferentiated color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An outgrowth of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/visit\/calendar\/exhibitions\/1098\">Abstract Expressionism<\/a> that dominated the 1950s, Color Field painting turned largely away from gesture and process, instead focusing on the visual beauty achieved by the subtle interplay of fields and shapes of color. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2011\/12\/jerry-saltz-on-helen-frankenthaler-1928-2011.html\">Helen Frankenthaler<\/a> was a major pioneer with her stain painting technique, along with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/06\/arts\/06noland.html\">Kenneth Noland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_mTGuX6dTmSE\/S-gfEcBNeJI\/AAAAAAAAAQ0\/xGYnFCWzXhM\/s1600\/Barnett+Newman3.jpg\">Barnett Newman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/arttattler.com\/Images\/Archive\/Color%20Field\/V9-Olitski---Cleopatra-Flesh.jpg\">Jules Olitski<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/works-of-art\/67.232\">Morris Louis<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wq56Zbhk3LI\">Larry Poons<\/a>. Interestingly, although <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/artist.php?artist_id=5047\">Mark Rothko<\/a> is often thought of as <em>the<\/em> Color Field painter (and is clearly aligned with the movement), he rejected the label:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m not an abstractionist. I\u2019m not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. 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