Matisse-class color
January 14th, 2014 by dave dorsey
Betty Woodman, June in Italy, detail, 2001
glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer and paint
Apropos of nothing, a small sample of work from our greatest living colorist, Betty Woodman, who does ceramics which, for me, are really three-dimensional paintings that put Stella’s constructions to shame. The tragic brilliance of her daughter’s photography may have eclipsed Woodman’s Matisse-class talent with color, but her work is a humbling joy, every time I return to it.
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