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Herbert Creecy’s bold, gestural style channels the energy of American abstraction in the mid 1900s while pushing its boundaries. While New York City was the hub of abstract art in this period, Creecy worked from Atlanta, giving his practice a freer, more experimental edge away from the art world’s center. The artist intended to create images that “set up their own atmosphere” and that would never “fall into place”—their density and sense of constant motion would prevent a viewer’s gaze from coming to rest. In this work, the artist evoked that sense of all-over movement by looping strokes of paint over each other in deep reds, blacks, and creams, along with squiggles that were common in his work. The result is a dynamic, immersive experience—layers of motion and emotion with no fixed meaning. His works invite viewers to feel rather than analyze.

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Painting
Abstract art
Acrylic
Modern Art
United States