Kathleen Kucka
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Kathleen Kucka, (born in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American painter.
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[edit] Education
Kucka became Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984, at the The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. In 1994 she became Master of Fine Arts at the Hunter College, also New York.
[edit] Work
Kucka main works are drawings and paintings. The work gives an abstract impression. The technique Kucka uses is based on applying various layers. The lowest level consists of straight or curved lines in various colours of paint, including sometimes traces of burnt canvas. The upper layer is made of transparent material, probably Mylar. At the underside of this thick lines of paint are used. In this way, the painting gets a certain depth.
Kucka uses acrylic paint on a surface such as aluminum or linen canvas.
Benjamin Genocchio from the New York Times[1], thinks the work of Kucka looks like microscopic images of human tissue. He was referring to the exposition "I Dream of Genomes" in the Islip Art Museum in 2008.
Kucka herself describes her work[2] as a “collage done with paint” that creates a “dance of movement and patterns.”
[edit] Solo exhibitions
- 1995 Thread Waxing Space, Project Room, New York, NY
- 1995 Saint Peterís Church, Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
- 1999, 2001, 2003 Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, NY
- 2004 Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York, NY
- 2004 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
- 2006 Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
