Untitled (389.11) Anya Spielman The titles of the new

The titles of the new series "Shout" and "Crash" reflect  frustration and anxiety in reaction to today's contemporary American society yet the work attempts to convey emotional content that is positive and optimistic through a personal abstract language

signifying life's cycles and migrations

featuring hard edged abstract forms and bold

and between fields of unbroken color and worn down layers

Untitled (389.11) Anya Spielman The titles of the newIn a broader sense, Tilmans works on paper function as an archive of the artists ideas and observations. The visual information derives from various sources found and discovered by the artists restless visual mind. Usually there are no preceding sketches for Tilmans works on paper. The visual memory finds its way directly onto the paper and undergoes a transformation into a flat translation of the memorized image. By way of a playful approach, the