Image

Irene Lawrence

Motives for Writing XIX, 2002

Description

Maker

Title

Motives for Writing XIX

Year

2002

Medium

oil stick on canvas; two parts

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

137.2 x 68.6 cm (54 x 27 inches) left

Type

Credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. William G. Tsiaras

Object Number

2002.55

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Multi-Part Art

July 11, 2008 - March 29, 2009

This diptych belongs to an extended series of paintings and prints with the same title, Motives for Writing. The phrase was taken from a piece of music by Wim Mertens (b. 1953), an experimental Belgian composer. Lawrence is interested in rhythm and how words on a page or musical notation may be read as abstract marks rather than for specific meaning. Her lushly colored horizontal gestures may also evoke expanses of water.

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