Entwined

Melinda Braathen

Entwined, 202345.7 x 38cmSign in to view price
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gouache on paperBaert Gallery
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This mixed media artwork features an expressionistic depiction of a dancer in motion. The vibrant colors, dynamic brushstrokes, and fragmented forms convey a sense of energetic movement. The subject matter, a ballerina amid a swirling backdrop, suggests the artist's interest in capturing the ephemeral beauty and grace of dance. The distinctive textural quality and bold, gestural style employed reflect the artist's unique creative approach, blending elements of abstraction and figurative representation. This piece likely reflects the artist's intention to commemorate the ephemeral nature of dance and the human form through an unconventional, emotive visual language. ...

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Melinda Braathen
Artist
Melinda Braathen
B.1985, American

Nature is an enduring force within the imagination of Los Angeles-based painter Melinda Braathen. Her psychologically charged paintings explore the experience of landscape, where the material and the energetic interplay. For Braathen, drawing from nature is a way of bridging myriad elements in a single, unified space: a way to body forth a reality of the world that is often far stranger and more alive then our best thoughts can reach, while simultaneously addressing its frightening unpredictability and constantly shifting essence. Engaged in close observation of the natural world, Braathen builds up the surface of her paintings with variegated gestural marks that bring out the recognizable qualities of the painted subject while ushering in a deeper sensitivity to the environment’s elemental and energetic forces. Small brush strokes suggest impermanence and an atmospheric quality of ever-changing states. The environments Braathen creates often feel like they could break open or shift at any moment. Mysterious light heightens the drama of the works and further evokes enigmatic and unseen energies. These features melt and meld, contrasted by opaquely painted surfaces that add stability, duetting more closely with representation. Thus, the planes of vibrant, bold color and brushstrokes spill across the canvas, partly framed by a few stable structures that cannot hold back the bold and powerful energies. In addition to the natural environments, Braathen often paints figures into her compositions — people she is both inspired by and knows personally. The artist initially renders these people in their representative form, and gradually transforms them into a more energetic state. Presence, embodiment, emotions, and sensations are expressed through the artist’s color palette, abstract visual language, and distinctive textures. As such, the figures appear tied to the rhythms of nature in and around them. ...

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183 x 152cm
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Ambient
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160 x 160cm
Untitled
Melinda BraathenUntitled, 2023
38 x 38cm
Temperament
Entwined
Melinda BraathenEntwined, 2023
45.7 x 38cm
Sound Chamber
Melinda BraathenSound Chamber, 2023
38 x 45.7cm
In Time, In Tempo
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Melinda BraathenEntwined, 2023
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Melinda BraathenTemperament, 2024
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Baert Gallery
Gallery
Baert Gallery
Los Angeles

Founded in 2016, Baert Gallery maintains a distinct focus on bridging the historical legacies and artistic sensibilities of Europe and Los Angeles. Working with a roster of emerging artists, the gallery is committed to showcasing a diverse program of work that engages complex philosophical, critical, and political concepts while challenging settled and conventional aesthetic expectations. Located in Los Angeles’ Arts District, the gallery is dedicated to fostering and promoting the region’s unique art scene in a spirit of local cooperation and in dedication to mindful sensitivity towards its broader geographical and social milieu. ...

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