Jacqueline Humphries uses glitter -- and her own silver paint -- to add dimension to her untitled paintings at the Albert Merola Gallery.
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Paintings with a silvery mood; a motel suffers sands of time
Jacqueline Humphries uses glitter -- and her own silver paint -- to add dimension to her untitled paintings at the Albert Merola Gallery.
Glitter is kitschy, glitter is glam; glitter is saccharine and pretty. The painter Jacqueline Humphries throws all that to the wind, deploying glitter with nuance and care in some of the wonderful abstract paintings she has up at Albert Merola Gallery. Her sparkle doesn't denote sentimentality, nor does it push her paintings over the top. Instead, it adds ... (Full article: 883 words)
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