COLOR CURE: an invitational group exhibition

ZINC contemporary is pleased to present a group invitational exhibition for this very specific time in history entitled COLOR CURE. Historically trivialized, color in art has been perceived by critics as frivolous and purely decorative. Like the pioneers of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s paving the way with their explosions of color on canvas, these artists posit a yearning for the expressive power of color as a cure for the soul and a visual elixir. 

“Seduced by the formal complexity of color, I revel in its emotive slipperiness and enjoy mining its controversial decorativeness. Tuned to the vivid and continuous absurd disparities of daily life, I weave visual rhythms—resonant, discordant, muscular, mellifluous—in patterns akin to currents and eddies, note taking, list making, pixilation and mapping.”  - Martina Nehrling

Exhibited artists: 

Laura Berman is a contemporary artist known widely for her abstract, colorful prints and paintings. Her vibrant work celebrates the joy of seeing and the beauty of discovery.

Sarah More is an artist based in Seattle, whose work navigates the interaction of color and pattern as well as the complicated relationship between the digital and the handmade.

Martina Nehrling based in Chicago, weaves visual rhythms in her vibrant acrylic paintings that showcase the formal complexities of color. 

Barbara Robertson is a contemporary Seattle artist who uses digital imagery in combination with painting, collage, animation and sound to respond to the ever-changing built environment.

Conny Goelz Schmitt is a contemporary artist who reconstructs vintage book parts to build colorful collages and sculptures, playing with deconstruction and changing dimensionality. 

Alayne Spafford is a Canadian artist exploring color, shape, texture, movement, and the combination of these elements.