Polly Apfelbaum Carpet Floor Paintings

Polly apfelbaum in conversation with connie butler chief curator at the hammer museum.

Polly apfelbaum carpet floor paintings.

Polly apfelbaum american b 1955 is primarily an installation and mixed media artist. Exploring the intricacies of color apfelbaum weaves her way both literally and conceptually through ideas of minimalism pop aesthetics and color field painting to blur the lines. In apfelbaum s carpets color field has fallen to the floor. Sunday october 16 4pm bob nickas.

Prints by polly apfelbaum. On view now online. Instead of hanging on the wall contemporary artist polly apfelbaum s creations are displayed on the floor. Sunday september 25 4pm the carpet sessions.

Animal crossing inman gallery houston texas digital link on view july 3 august 29. She even calls such works fallen paintings metaphorically eve s trouble in the biblical garden hangs unavoidably in the air. Like painting or sculpture apfelbaum s work relies heavily on color texture and form yet her textile pieces are created from materials formed into abstract shapes to create what she has termed fallen paintings. 1955 is best known for her large scale installations and fallen paintings compositions of dyed synthetic fabrics that she places directly on the floor.

100 paintings 100 years. Polly apfelbaum in conversation with david pagel art critic and professor of art theory and history at claremont university.