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Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air
February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air
February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air
February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air
February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn: Color As Light As Air
February 24 – March 31, 2018

Kristen Cliburn, With Peace, 2017

Kristen Cliburn

With Peace, 2017

acrylic on canvas

72h x 48w in

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Kristen Cliburn, Deliquesce I, 2018

Kristen Cliburn

Deliquesce I, 2018

acrylic on canvas

48h x 48w in

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Kristen Cliburn, Deliquesce II, 2018

Kristen Cliburn

Deliquesce II, 2018

acrylic on canvas

48h x 48w in

KC024

Kristen Cliburn, Double Bind, 2017

Kristen Cliburn

Double Bind, 2017

acrylic on canvas

48h x 48w in

KC025

Kristen Cliburn, Sub Rosa, 2018

Kristen Cliburn

Sub Rosa, 2018

acrylic on canvas

48h x 48w in

KC026

Kristen Cliburn, Violuscious Aperture, 2017

Kristen Cliburn

Violuscious Aperture, 2017

acrylic on canvas

38h x 32w in

KC027

Kristen Cliburn, Superessence I, 2017

Kristen Cliburn

Superessence I, 2017

acrylic on canvas

68h x 68w in

Framed: 48" x 48" turned sideways

KC021

Press Release

Cris Worley Fine Arts is pleased to announce our second solo exhibition of minimalistic paintings by Houston-based artist Kristen Cliburn. Color as Light as Air, opens with an artist’s reception on Saturday, February 24th, and will run through March 31th, 2018. The artist will be in attendance for the opening reception. 

In this recent body of work, Cliburn continues to explore color through subtle and minimal gradients, with particular attention to contrasting density and lightness, stillness and motion. In her own words, “Color floats, form dissolves, and time idles while a solitary experience of subtlety comes into view.” The ephemeral quality of each work is underpinned by provocative titles such as With Peace, Double Bind, Sub Rosa that may lead the viewer to the artist’s intentions. Each individual work exists as though emerging from air, as though pulled from nothingness into form, balancing light and color.

Kristen Cliburn received her BFA in Painting at the University of Texas, Austin and her MFA in Painting from the University of Houston. She has participated in over 50 group and solo exhibitions, including several juried shows. Selected jurors include Rock Hushka (Curator of Contemporary & Northwest Art – Tacoma Art Museum), Irene Hofmann (Director & Chief Curator – SITE Santa Fe), Dave Hickey (Independent Art Critic), Larissa Harris (Curator – Queens Museum of Art), and Miranda Lash (Curator of Contemporary & Modern Art – New Orleans Museum of Art). 

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