Beverly Fishman, Untitled (Split Pill / Alcoholism), 2016 Urethane paint on wood, 67 x 60 x 2 inch. Collection Karl and Nick Coburn. Photo PD Rearick
This exhibition of paintings by Beverly Fishman, curated by the artist Nick Cave, comprises a series of luminescent, geometric forms that resemble the shapes of common pharmaceuticals. Straddling the line between sculpture and post-painterly abstraction, Fishman’s optically intense work functions as an avenue for social critique, probing the pharmaceutical industry’s aesthetic decisions and branding strategies.
Fishman has executed many of these pieces on a monumental scale. Finished in glossy sheens, their beveled edges throw fluorescent reflections onto the gallery walls. Her atmospheric pigments test depth in a three-dimensional space, deconstructing the illusion of color as a flat phenomenon, and evoking the corporate iconography of drug manufacturers.
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