ARTIST TALK: LESS IS MORE | HOWARD HERSH
Thursday, June 10 | 4:30pm-5:30pm
Online, via Zoom
Join Ruth's Table for a conversation with artist Howard Hersh to take a closer look at the artist's solo exhibition Less is More: Making the Case for Minimalism.
Making the Case for Minimalism is a partial retrospective of the last decade in Hersh’s long artistic career. The exhibition takes place during COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that has awakened a renewed realization that less is more and highlighted how we are all globally connected. Through a narrow lens, Less is More examines Hersh’s personal philosophy of No Separation, his guiding principle that informs his life and art to simply say: “it’s all connected!”
Hersh’s minimalist visual language includes drawing lines, constructing grids, creating symmetrical and asymmetrical forms; the works expand from 3-D painted structures on walls to cubes and modules that end up on the floor. Of note are the limited color palette and the use of a scraping technique, which removes layers and leaves markings as in a road map. By reaching under the skin to reveal the structure of his three-dimensional paintings, Hersh strips his paintings of any reference of portraying objects and directs our attention to the form. What Hersh offers us are, in his words, “structural objects”.
The elimination of excess makes a stunning statement in the post COVID-19 era. Hersh leaves us with a bonus of an arresting aesthetic that he can call his own.
Moderator: Hanna Regev, Curator
Registration: Free | RSVP is Essential
Questions? Reach out to contact@ruthstable.org.
Image Credit: Howard Hersh, Axis Mundi 20-3, 2020.