JULIE WEIMAN

Julie Weiman’s work explores color, light, texture and space, and the emotional intensity that can be created with the simplest shapes. She strives for a lustrous surface, which, in her words, feels a little bit fragile, a little bit ruined, and very much alive.

Artist’s Statement:

Reverse

I have a thing for stripes and another for reduction. I walk a fine line between minimal and not.

For a while, my work involved painting lines and layers of color, removing them almost entirely, and doing a dance with the rest.  A labor-intensive process with an uncertain outcome. A combination of intent and chance. Elegant, controlled, surfaces. A nod to my modernist roots. This process kept me interested for a long time. Until it was time to move on, which meant that I had to have a serious conversation about direction.
Also love.

So far, this is what is important to me: Hand
Built
Surface
Alchemy
Authenticity
Some kind of risk
Some kind of attitude (lack of pretense)
Tongue in cheek
Mistakes (Richter calls it persistent uncertainty)
Ordered and not
Old textiles
Navajo rugs
Silence

Also, what you see is what you get.

The concepts: Image or object/ Image and object
Play and abstraction
Process and provisional
Surface and space
When is enough enough

Biography

Julie Weiman lives and works in Palm Springs, CA and Boston.  Her bicoastal wanderings have engendered explorations into her adventurous use of materials, and how light and space are transformed by these explorations. Solo exhibitions of Weiman’s work have generated acclaim from critics and curators. Her work has recently been presented in galleries in Boston, Joshua Tree and Venice, CA. Weiman has participated in group shows at the Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA; Wheelock College, Boston; New Art Center, Newton, MA and galleries around the US.