CARROLL DUNHAM "NINE COLOR REDUCTION" LINOLEUM CUT, 1993Carroll Dunham (b. 1949) is a contemporary American artist best known for his distinctive fusion of abstraction and figuration. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s in New York City and was part of a new generation of artists who returned to painting with an idiosyncratic approach to representation. Throughout Dunham's career, his artwork is instantly recognizable across all mediums, regardless of whether it leans towards abstraction or

Her process often begins with an anonymous textile pattern

saturated tones

They also revealed his immediate personal vision functioning as a chronicle of his surroundings and social life

The complex background was created by layering and washing contrasting berry red tones then over-layed with a dynamic platinum white paint that is draped with momentum around the page

the tension between the two conflicting elements offers an unexpected sense of balance and symmetry to the otherwise spontaneous composition

original works in circulation

and patriotic images have earned their place in the nation's museums and the Canadian art canon

amorphous forms executed in violet

and "Test Tube"

she addresses the intersection of identity

throughout her career Wieland would explore the role of women

1956-1961" which illuminated this significant motif from his first decade in New York