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① Artwork:
Mirror Bacchanal 1
This painting is part of an ongoing series by the artist that transcribes a particular Nicolas Poussin painting —A Bacchanalian Revel before a Term from 1632. The process of transcription is both technical and analytical; it is a process of reverse engineering that is carried out for the sake of improving the artist's painting skills. DeVito uses these smaller-scale works as a source of inspiration for her larger, more abstract paintings.
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③ Artist:
DeVito's intuitive handling of color is rarely figurative, yet the artist intermittently undercuts her abstractions through the use of familiar visual devices and effects. The artist also regularly employs titles that hint at her humorous sensibility. Treating painting primarily as a process for thinking, DeVito's practice engages with different ideas from the history of painting—especially the practice of transcription.
Gracie DeVito was born in 1985. The artist received an MFA from Cal Arts in 2012 and has been participating in classes at the New York Studio School since 2013.
Solo exhibitions of DeVito's work have taken place at: Tif Sigfrids in Los Angeles, California; Athens, Georgia; and New York City; Nicelle Beauchene in New York, City; and Overduin and Co. in Los Angeles, California.
A recent survey of DeVito's work, Recent Paintings, was presented at the New York Studio School.
DeVito's work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Artforum, and a variety of other publications.
DeVito lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
This painting is part of an ongoing series by the artist that transcribes a particular Nicolas Poussin painting. The artist uses these smaller-scale works as a source of inspiration for her larger, more abstract paintings.More
- Framed: 8.0 x 8.5 x 1.2 in.
