One major subset of modernist art is known for clean lines, elementary forms and pristine surfaces. Everything indirect, inessential and, above all, historical has been stripped away. But there’s a charm to well-used old things, with their patinas, blemishes and hidden strata. Such aspects can be emulated, and even simulated. Three local artists — Cianne Fragione, Julie Wolfe and Khanh H. Le — are doing that in various ways in current shows.
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Brightest Young Things - Julie Wolfe: Inside the Artist Studio
Work and life co-exist in an extraordinarily beautiful symbiosis in Julie Wolfe’s Capitol Hill home and studio. A painter, installation artist and jewelry designer, Wolfe bridges that gap between fine art and tactile, wearable, interactive art in a way that clearly is rooted in her day to day life. While the official studio space is on the second floor, the whole building is filled with projects past and future, little nudges and nods towards the recurring themes in art. Much like her work, the space is a celebration of interconnectedness...
Washington Post: Artist’s Colorful ‘Science Project’ is a Commentary on World’s Water Supply
Housed in some 500 glass bottles stacked on metal shelves, the water, sediment and vegetation samples on display in the window of 1700 L St. NW look like a science project. But the contents of the jars, illuminated from behind, also glow with vivid reds, purples and blues, resembling a color-field painting that has been disassembled and liquefied...
BBC.com: Green Room: A Colourful Political Statement About Water
Water is the most important material for human life on earth, but humans have changed it significantly.
In her new exhibit "Green Room", Julie Wolfe applied organic and chemical processes to a range of water samples - from a creek in Washington DC to melted snow in New York City - to create a colourful and stark portrayal of what humans are doing to water and how ecosystems try to rebalance themselves...