Rotary II Gina Werfel These disparate approaches are not

These disparate approaches are not a way to impose meanings on the work

a simple still-life situation but shot twice

building up to 20 coats of very thin matt paint to achieve the same saturation as her previous works with raw acrylic pigments

light and time

Rotary II Gina Werfel These disparate approaches are notThe Rotary paintings series focus on a shallow, mostly monochromatic surface that include bas relief planes locked together against a more fluid, painterly background. The dripped surface of that background is only seen through small openings, or gaps between the flat, assembled forms. The tension of overlapping foreground shapes and the contrary background treatment is accentuated by the high key yellow color that pushes the composition forward