Non-objective Narrative

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paintings in conversation with each other and art history

new work by Blair Vaughn-Gruler

May 19 through July 1, 2023

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]In painting lingo, the title of this exhibition is a contradiction of terms: non-objective painting refers to a version of abstract art that takes it starting point from the conceptual or imaginary realms rather than the physical or visual world.

While narrative painting, on the other hand, tells a story. It uses representational imagery to tell a story, describe an event, a memory, a place, a dream, and/or people.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][portfolio_list type=”hover_text” hover_type_text_on_hover_image=”slow_zoom” columns=”1″ portfolio_loading_type=”portfolio_one_by_one” lightbox=”no” view_button=”no” show_load_more=”no” selected_projects=”3412″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][portfolio_list type=”hover_text” hover_type_text_on_hover_image=”slow_zoom” columns=”1″ portfolio_loading_type=”portfolio_one_by_one” lightbox=”no” view_button=”no” show_load_more=”no” selected_projects=”3469″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Non-objective art defines a type of abstract art that is often geometric and aims to convey a sense of simplicity and purity. Wassily Kandinsky is considered to be the original non-objective painter, dating back to his innovative work in the 1920s and 30s.

Narrative art  tells a story. Much of Western art until the twentieth century has been narrative. It creates or describes a series of events, like a novel or a fairy tale, explaining what happened, whether it happened in real life or not.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Painter Blair Vaughn-Gruler discusses, through her recent paintings, the epic struggle between the non-objective surface made of paint, which pivots off of ideas and concepts, and the narrative impulse that always seeks to express itself.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][portfolio_list type=”hover_text” hover_type_text_on_hover_image=”slow_zoom” columns=”1″ portfolio_loading_type=”portfolio_one_by_one” lightbox=”no” view_button=”no” show_load_more=”no” selected_projects=”3448″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]

See more paintings here:  Blair Paintings

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