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