The opposing impulses of creation and destruction mark the touchstone of the Hungarian-born, New York-based artist Rita Ackermann’s practice, which continues to evolve and manifest itself in the shift from representation to abstraction.
Ackermann’s compositions occupy a space between the figurative and the abstract, where human forms simultaneously disappear and re-emerge. In a series titled Chalkboard Paintings, large-scale compositions on canvas were primed with chalkboard paint, on which washes of white chalk and green and blue pigments were applied. These Abstract Expressionist-like works are reminiscent of actual chalkboards in a classroom, covered with unintentional erasures and marks, yet they have been conceptually executed by multiple deletions of figurative drawings and landscapes. By way of these gestures, the revenant outline of the erased drawings often emerges into the foreground. The final picture is a record of these movements.
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Monographs
Artists Books, Published Pieces & Writings
Publications
Selected Press
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Tue 28 May – Sat 1 June 10 am – 6 pm
New York, 18th Street Amphitheatre
Fri 13 October 2023
9 – 10 am
The Foundling Museum, London
Tue 9 May 2023
6 – 8 pm
Zurich, Limmatstrasse
Sat 4 February 2023
3 – 6 pm
Downtown Los Angeles
Sat 14 November 2020
5 – 8 pm
On Zoom from NYC & Zurich
Tue 28 May – Sat 1 June 10 am – 6 pm
New York, 18th Street Amphitheatre
Fri 13 October 2023
9 – 10 am
The Foundling Museum, London
Tue 9 May 2023
6 – 8 pm
Zurich, Limmatstrasse
Sat 4 February 2023
3 – 6 pm
Downtown Los Angeles
Sat 14 November 2020
5 – 8 pm
On Zoom from NYC & Zurich
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