霍普·冈洛夫用色彩丰富的肖像表达了他的朋友和家人

Gangloff形容她的选择的主题类似于攀岩:局外人不看看艺术可能不理解为什么我画类似的事情。我总是通过攀岩运动员找小石头来帮助他们爬和持续的变化。当我看一幅画,我也寻找此举会引发别的东西。整幅画就像一个我想要解决的问题。

Lorem Ipsum, 2017, acrylic on wood panel, 75 x 48 in.Artist Hope Gangloff captures the personalities of her friends and family in brightly colored large-scale portraits. Gangloff’s acrylic and collage paintings show her subjects in intimate settings—often domestic interiors—in poses of relaxation or quiet focus. The artist’s strong but gestural lines create defined shapes that are filled with repetitive marks and bright patterns. Gangloff gives equal textural attention to all areas of the painting, which draws the viewer’s eye to every detail and also contextualizes each portrait sitter in a unique set of surroundings. (If you’re intrigued by this flat field patterning, also take a look at Édouard Vuillard‘s paintings).The New York-based artist’s large body of work consists of a substantial number of these vibrant portraits. In an interview with Vogue, Gangloff describes her choice of subject as akin to rock climbing:An outsider who doesn’t look at a lot of art might not understand why I paint similar things over and over again… But there are always micro movements. I’m always working through problems. Rock climbers look for little changes in rocks to help them climb and keep going. When I look at a painting, I’m also looking for the move that’s going to set off something else. The whole painting is like a problem I’m trying to solve.Gangloff studied at Cooper Union and is represented by Susan Inglett Gallery in New York. In 2017 she was the inaugural artist selected for Stanford University’s Diekman Contemporary Commissions Program, which included a solo show and a weeklong artist residency during which Gangloff painted publicly in the Cantor Arts Center atrium. You can see more of the artist’s portraits, as well as her still life paintings, ink drawings, and political posters on her website and Instagram.Kristen Schiele, 2015, Acrylic on panel, 36 x 24 in.Bodner/Caivano Chess Match, 2016, acrylic on canvas. 72 x 96 in.Late Night (Olga Alexandrovskaya), 2015, acrylic and collage on canvas, 82 x 54 in.Couch Surfer, 2015, acrylic on canvas. 96 x 72 in.Queen Jane, Approximately, 2011, Acrylic on canvas. 66 x 108 in.Moolog, Dad and Kieve, 2015, acrylic and collage on canvas, 72 x 48 in.E. Starbuck, 2010, acrylic on canvas. 63 x 111 in.Future Bitches, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 48 in.Vera, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 81 x 54 in.