Forces in Play

Nankivil Forces in Play (Web).jpg

Artist

Lisa Nankivil
b. 1958
Born in Minneapolis, MN

Title

Forces in Play

Date

2013

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimension

40 x 45 inches

Credit Line

Purchase, Acquisition Fund

Object ID

2014.11.01

Notes

In the 2014 MN Biennial catalogue, Lisa Nankivil stated that, in her painting Forces at Play, "the variegated bands of color which define this body of work have their origins in the Mississippi River Valley of Southern MN." "I have painted scenes, events, and memories from my childhood farm many times over the past two decades. There are unforgettable combinations and proportions of hue and shade that have the power to evoke the beautiful and difficult rituals of the land. My experiences of life on a Winona horse farm provided the path to let go of the figure in my work and concentrate instead on the structural fundamentals of the ground. I strive to conjure those elemental relationships, without representation or as stand-ins for landscape, but letting bands of color slide, divide, enflame, fade, emerge, and embrace." (Source: 2014 MN Biennial catalogue and Nankivil's artist statement.)

Rights Statement

In Copyright