Artist
Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann
Title
Thicket
Date2009
MediumAcrylic, sumi ink, graphite on paper over canvas
Dimensions36 × 36 in. (91.4 × 91.4 cm)
Framed Size: 38 1/2 × 38 1/2 in. (97.8 × 97.8 cm)
Framed Size: 38 1/2 × 38 1/2 in. (97.8 × 97.8 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2012.023.3
ClassificationsPaintings
Locations
Office of the Budget Director (1350 Penn Ave NW, 508)
Description“Thicket” is an acrylic, sumi ink and graphite painting that explores abstraction arising from ecological and geological cycles, processes of chemical corrosion and natural efflorescence. With roots in traditions of Chinese landscape painting, the painting combines gestural, uncontrolled poured sumi ink with highly wrought imagery of details from Beijing Opera costuming, mounds of flowers, leaves and ribbons. The resulting piece draws from fragments of landscape, still life, Abstract Expressionism and chance operation to create a cobbled together whole.
