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Dynamic Painting Processes.

Tatjana Valsang's (b. St. Tönis, 1963; lives and works in Wuppertal and Bohuslän, Sweden) abstract paintings stage complex choreographies of color, form, and pictorial space. The artist is a master of wet-in-wet painting. Her dynamic creative processes require expansive movements in space that explode the bounds of easel painting. Rotating her large-format canvases and alternately setting them upright and laying them out on the floor to rework them, Valsang deftly keeps the flowing paint under control. The interplay between order and chaos on the canvas yields rich orchestrations of color and form that make for fascinating reflections of the abundance of our reality.

The monograph presents works from the past ten years. With recollections of a visit to the artist's studio by Jon Wood.