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Jennifer Guidi at Gagosian Gallery

Jennifer Guidi wants to share ‘calm and joy’ in her vibrant landscapes and abstractions, she says of paintings now on view at Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea.  Based on views of the hills in LA and in southern France where the artist recently exhibited at the Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery, Guidi uses her signature materials of sand on canvas to depict pleasingly smooth geological forms as a counter to explosive activity in the skies.  Starburst patterns appear in both representational and abstract canvases, spreading color and energy over the landscapes like a shower of beneficence.  (On view through March 2nd).

Jennifer Guidi, Let the Light Fall Gently, sand, acrylic, oil and rocks on linen, 60 x 48 x 1.5 inches, 2023.

Jennifer Guidi at Gagosian Gallery

With galleries and museums shut down, what are artists doing these days?  Jennifer Guidi’s recent Instagram posts show her doing what she always does – logging hours in the studio.  This image from her now-shuttered show at Gagosian Gallery ponders the impact and attraction of color and form.  Originally inspired by a diagram illustrating Goethe’s color theory, Guidi was also influenced by Austrian naturalist Ignaz Schiffermuller’s color wheel, remaking here it as a painting that dominates one of Gagosian’s huge walls.  It’s her meticulous mark-making, however, that has generated such excitement over her work.  Here, two Instagram posts demonstrate the repetitive processes underlying Guidi’s work.

Jennifer Guidi, Your Colors Are Eternal (Schiffermuller), sand, acrylic and oil on linen, 144 x 2 ½ inches, 2019.