‘The subject of this work is based of Bernard’s ‘Breton Women in a Green Pasture’ (1888). Bernard was an advocate of reducing colors and lines of the spectacle, simplifying to main contours and prime colors. Adopting this theory and the composition, I have deconstructed the above painting by using the advantage of chance to guide me to a new picture.’
—Rita Ackermann
About the artist
Born in Hungary and based in New York, Rita Ackermann attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest before emigrating to the United States in the early 1990s. Ackermann often starts by freely drawing onto raw canvas only to later obscure the lines with abstract gestural strokes. ‘Hidden,’ a survey exhibition of Ackermann’s work, is currently on view at MASI Lugano until August 2023.
Artwork images © Rita Ackermann. Photo: Thomas Barratt
Portrait of Rita Ackermann © Rita Ackermann