AMY SILLMAN “Letters from Texas” 2003 oil on canvas 40 x 20 1/2 inches “It is Sillman’s handling of paint material that has gained her so much notoriety. The narratives depicted in her work, if decipherable at all, are elusive and necessitate an interpreter or personal guide. This is not unusual in contemporary art; however, Sillman has put together a painterly language that is consistent from piece to piece and seems to reveal, within its code, the secrets to the artist’s most secret fears and delights. The colors are soft, and they transition without great contrast. Subject matter within the work presents itself sparingly, crudely and intuitively, as lines are either painted or scratched out of the ground. The marks are abstract, yet figurative. These paintings, with their pinks and light blues, yellows and warm grays, are soundly emotional works. They lead inward, away from the struggle of intellectual dialog and toward the elegance and spontaneity of gibberish or idle chat; in Sillman’s words, “I have an eye for the beauty of ugliness, awkwardness, isolation.” -Johnny Robertson Glasstire (Texas Visual Art), 2004 #amysillman #sillman #lettersfromtexas #oilpainting #abstracted #expressionism #unt #detroit #bardcollege #sva #whitneybiennial #womenartists #contemporaryart #artgalleries #nycart #chelseagalleries #newinventory #berrycampbell (at Berry Campbell) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD7sNrQFv6p/?igshid=nnkf6ku4czi2