Artists' Fellowship - 2000
Painting
Artist Statement:
John Allen uses the language of geometric abstraction to obtain "meaning other than the purely formal or the purely perceptual. It’s not that I think these things are unimportant; they are important.... These paintings are really about something else—something deeper, something subliminal, something in the unconscious. For example, the title Shusui Sanshoku/You See What You See includes a reference to an early Japanese print by Masanobu depicting a warrior and two attendants contemplating the swirling contents of an enormous sake bowl. The experience of my painting is meant to feel a little like being in front of that sake bowl."
More about the Artist:
Participated in the exhibition Buying Time: Nourishing Excellence at Sotheby's, New York, from June-July 2001. Also, organized and led Artists & Audiences Exchange event at The Neighborhood School, New York, NY, October 2001.
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