Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Neubauer, Celia |
Title |
Study for Vestige I |
Accession # |
998.13.78.1 |
Object Type |
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Date |
1996 |
Medium |
charcoal powder |
Support |
Japanese paper |
Dimensions |
H-24 W-15 cm |
Description |
Neubauer's shapes reflect a mediation between both realism and abstraction. Exploring the ephemeral attributes of an image, Neubauer allows her works to emerge through additive and subtractive principals, bringing out a tenuous play between absolutes. In this early series, Neubauer's shell -like shapes brings viewers to a state of visual and mental tranquility, mimicking the endless interpretations of ink blot tests. Movement also plays a key role in Neubauer's work. Through repetition and imagination, the artist treats her shapes like physical objects, as though they could be manipulated, recaptured and reanimated. Biographical Information: Celia Neubauer is a Toronto-based painter whose interests in historical tradition have been a major influence both stylistically and conceptually. Neubauer has received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at York University and earned a Higher Diploma at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, England and has exhibited her work internationally. Her works are in the collection of Four Seasons, Hewlett-Packard Canada Ltd, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board, and Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington, Toronto. |