Nicole Phungrasamee Fein: Materialize
Nicole Phungrasamee Fein’s work is about processes of line making. Her second solo exhibition at Hosfelt Gallery is comprised of watercolor paintings on paper and three-dimensional works made of linen.
Fein’s sculptures are the product of a multitude of stitched lines. Sewn seams become cubes. Row after row of cubes form structure and pattern. References to Lewitt and Andre are subverted by the homeliness of the material.
For her paintings, Fein applies free-hand brushstrokes of water-color, forming bands of color. The process of each stroke is a cycle of inhalation, breath retention during the mark making, then exhalation. Laid one next to the other, the bands become fields of complex, luminous color or shimmering, optical, woven plaids. Through a process that owes as much to performance-based body art or meditation practices as it does to traditional painting, Fein creates artifacts of quiet beauty.
Fein’s work has recently been purchased for the collections of the Berkeley Art Museum; the Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu; the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Mills College Art Museum, Oakland; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Nicole Phungrasamee Fein1081307, 2007watercolor on paperimage 11 7/8 x 11 7/8inches/30.2 x 30.2 cm
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1081807), 2007watercolor on paper18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (2060307), 2007watercolor on paper17 5/8 x 17 5/8 inches/44.8 x 44.8 cm
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (2052007), 2007watercolor on paper17.626 x 17.625 inches paper
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (2081707), 2007watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1081707), 2007watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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Nicole Phungrasamee Fein2070707, 2007watercolor on paperimage 6 x 6 inches/15.2 x 15.2 cm
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Nicole Phungrasamee Fein1070707, 2007watercolor on paperimage 6 x 6 inches/15.2 x 15.2 cm
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1071607), 2007watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1070507), 2007watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1070407), 2007watercolor on paper12 5/8 x 12 1/2 in
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Nicole Phungrasamee Fein1060307, 2007watercolor on paper18 1/2 x 18 1/2in
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1081107), 2007watercolor on paper22 x 22 inches/55.9 x 55.9 cm
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1071307), 2007watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (2070407), 2007watercolor on paper
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1071507), 2007watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (2091706), 2006watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1072007), 2007watercolor on paper12 5/8 x 12 1/2 in
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1081507), 2007watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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Nicole Phungrasamee FeinUntitled (1081607), 2007watercolor on paper12.625 x 12.5 inches
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