Throw

Throw belongs to a group of paintings by Maggie Michael that explore the tension between destruction and repair, control and release. Using an array of action painting techniques (spray-painting, dripping, precision brushwork), Michael imbues her large-scale paintings with movement and emotion. Their textured forms vacillate, suggesting biomorphic shapes such as veins and ventricles tangled in devices of communication such as illustration graphics and graffiti tags. Michael’s works are energetic and unpredictable and invite viewers to interpret them through their own experiences. According to the artist, “Whatever I think of, no matter what it could be, will be made to work together. Anything can be resolved. It is just a matter of how you approach it.”

Maggie Michael

2006

Latex, ink, enamel, and oil on canvas

60 x 40 inches