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Featuring new work by Ernst Gruler and Blair Vaughn-Gruler
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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.
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.
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.
See more paintings here: Blair Paintings
