Jonathan Lasker
"Boundaries make meaning"
Signed J. Lasker and dated 2007 on verso. Canvas 76 x 102 cm.
Exhibitions
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, "Recent works" 17 January – 8 March, 2009.
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Jonathan Lasker ingick under det tidiga 1990-talet i den löst sammanhålla grupp som i New York kallades ”Conceptual painters” och har fått en rad efterföljare med sitt stilbildande sätt att arbeta. Laskers förhållningssätt till måleriet är både ytterst rationellt och intellektuellt. Metodiskt och välplanerat närmar han sig motivet, vilket han bygger upp med väl avgränsande linjer i olja. Dessa tunnare linjer ackompanjeras alltid av ett mer pastost parti, i slingrande former ter det sig flyta på dukens yta. Laskers målningar verkar följa ett tydligt mönster. Vid närmare betraktelse hittar vi det däremot inte. Linjerna och formerna gäckar och flyr undan, helt omöjligt verkar det vara att finna en tydlig struktur. Lasker skapar en elegant och sinnrik lek för ögat och sinnet.
Lasker finns representerad bl a på MoMa i New York, Centre Pompidou i Paris, Museum Ludwig i Köln samt Moderna Museet i Stockholm. Han representeras av några av den samtida scenens främsta gallerister såsom Cheim & Read i New York och Thaddaeus Ropac i Paris.
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Jonathan Lasker is an American abstract painter whose art has played a major role in postmodern painting. During the early 1990s, Lasker was part of the loosely cohesive group that in New York was called "Conceptual painters", and he has since then gained a number of followers with his innovative way of working. Lasker utilized the conceptual turn that happened in the art world in the 1980s and became involved in the new possibilities of painting, thus developing the abstract design language that has come to characterize his art. His approach to painting seems both rational and intellectual. Methodically and well-planned, he approaches the motif, which he builds up with well-defined lines. The formal language of his paintings is abstract, while the visual means range from simple line drawings to thick applications of color. His work challenges traditional perspectives on the relationship between foreground and background and between figure and line. Through strong composition structure and intelligent color choices Lasker’s paintings become filled with energy and his art never fails to engage the viewer. At first, his art may seem like a playful approach to abstract art, but they are far from impulsive. Lasker creates an elegant and inventive game for the eye and the mind. Today we find Lasker represented at, among others, MoMa in New York, Center Pompidou in Paris, Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. He is represented by some of the contemporary art scene’s foremost galleries such as Cheim & Read in New York and Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris.
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