Synopses & Reviews
The new publication
Pamela Jorden is the first comprehensive look at the work of the American painter. Throughout her 20-year career, Jorden has sought to pursue and expand upon the language of abstraction through investigations of painting as a medium.
Looking at early abstractionists such as Sonia Delaunay and later influential works by Helen Frankenthaler, Cy Twombly and Jasper Johns, Jorden approaches her paintings as a series of improvisations, building on initial compositional sketches and brushstrokes with areas of layered texture and color.
The book is published to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of Jorden's exhibitions on the East Coast with Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, and covers the span of works from the past decade.
Synopsis
Looking back at early abstractionists such as Sonia Delaunay, it is possible to see their influence on Jorden?s work, through her circle motifs and idiosyncratic use of color, although it is clear that other later abstract artists were also influential to Jorden?s work, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Cy Twombly and Jasper Johns. Jorden approaches her paintings as a series of improvisations, building on initial compositional sketches and brushstrokes with areas of layered texture and color. With her stark backgrounds and unusual relations of shapes and patterns, Jorden?s work is introspective and self-conscious.