Spotlight Artist

Lauren Zoll

Midwest

Featured in New American Paintings

Artist Statement

My practice is based on an experience that all humans share, the act of closing our eyes. When the eyes are closed, patterns, colors, and shapes begin to emerge from black. All of this happens within less than 1/16 of an inch. It is a surface of infinite potential. The phenomenon of seeing has influenced me to make black reflective paintings that also have the ability to see or possess vision.

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