Processor
2008
Acrylic on hardboard
Closed
2005
Acrylic on canvas
Transistor
2006
Acrylic on canvas
N & U
2006
Acrylic on canvas
Stare 6
2005
Acrylic on canvas
Stagger
2005
Acrylic on canvas
Generator
2008
Acrylic on Hardboard
The dictum of abstraction in Terry Haggerty is not only shown in the reduced structure of what is represented but also in the display of materiality. Nowhere is the work of the artist hand visible, and in so doing the concept of artistic uniqueness that accompanies gesture can be understood. But the painting is unique precisely because the absence of the artistic hand, at the same time the most superficial character of minimal art, can underscore the works’ object character.
Terry Haggerty’s works are marked by their extraordinary perfection, whereby several layers of varnish seal the surface of the image, thus keeping the visitor at a distance. But he does not succeed in refusing the visual impact. And it is even more heightened in his new works by way of the deformation of the support, through the sculptural accentuation of the painted sculptures. Distortions of the right angle such as buckling, stretching, or constriction underscore the forces immanent to the image in perception. Finally, what is painted condenses more tightly to an object, the support becomes the body of the image so that it is no longer possible to decide whether what is painted follows the support or if the body follows the painterly structure. [Extract : Kuttner Siebert Gallery]
great artists indeed!