Shirazeh Houshiary at Lehmann Maupin Gallery

Painting from a self-described ‘birds eye view,’ London-based artist Shirazeh Houshiary applies layers of water and pigment along with colored pencil lines to her canvas in a labor-intensive process that lends a sublime effect to her monumental abstractions.  In this detail image from the over 17 feet long ‘Feel,’ now on view at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, vivid contrasts of red and black are a portent for unknown events of obvious consequence.  (On view through May 28th.  Masks and social distancing are required).

Shirazeh Houshiary, Feel, Pigment, pencil, and black aquacryl on canvas and aluminum, 74.8 x 212.6 inches, 2019.