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Join us for a conversation with artist Donald Moffett and Mason Stokes as they discuss Moffett’s artistic process and the artwork in the Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein.
In his paintings Moffett extends the traditional two-dimensional frame in a number of ways, including converting the ordinariness of the flat plane into highly textured reliefs, making paintings that are opened up and turned inside out, or presenting intricate illuminations through the use of video projections on the canvas. He incorporates sound and light in his work, sometimes as stand-alone projects, at other times in conjunction with his paintings. Moffett consistently constructs his works around critical frameworks that engage audiences to think about painting, art, and the political and social issues that shape our contemporary lives. Building on discourses regarding formalism and painting, the exhibition addresses universal issues of loss, alienation, life, and death.
Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein is organized by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. The exhibition venues include the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (October 1, 2011 – January 8, 2012); the Tang Museum at Skidmore College (February 18 – June 3, 2012); and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (June 23 – September 9, 2012).
A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein, featuring essays by exhibition curator Valerie Cassel Oliver; Bill Arning, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; Douglas Crimp, Fanny Knapp Allen Professor of Art History at the University of Rochester; and Russell Ferguson, Chair of the Department of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as color reproductions, the artist’s biography, and a bibliography. The catalogue is made possible by a grant from the Brown Foundation, Inc.
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