Art review: Geometry and gestures make up the abstract art of Jaap Helder
Fifteen works by the midcoast painter are on display at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth.
By Jorge S. Arango
Photo by Craig Becker
Looking at the paintings in “Jaap Eduard Helder: New Visions, New Rhythms,” currently hanging at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth (through April 10), I kept thinking about the way the vocabulary of abstraction continues to evolve. Specifically, what interested me was the function of gesture in abstraction, rather than the cooler geometric form of abstraction or the fluid, often dreamy qualities of color-field painting.
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