A Punch of Color

Fifty Years of Painting by Camille Patha

Rock Hushka author Alison Maurer author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Tacoma Art Museum

Published:2nd Jun '14

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A Punch of Color cover

Throughout her six-decade career, Camille Patha’s painting has oscillated between the figurative and the abstract. Patha began painting gestural abstraction in the 1960s then deliberately explored various painting styles, including hard-edged abstraction and surrealist-infused photorealism and, finally, a return to abstraction. During each era of her career, Patha demonstrated a full mastery of painting, presenting canvases that wholly embody her imagery and vocabulary with an unwavering voice and shocking vigor. Patha asserts her power as a painter by creating imagery of a complete universe that enables the viewer to be fully absorbed within a boundless volume. In her paintings, she shares a sense of wonder about the existential conundrums confronting every person and with the exuberance of her elastic symbolism. A Punch of Color is the first retrospective of her work since 1979.

ISBN: 9780924335402

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 703g

96 pages