Zane Lewis

Zane Lewis
Born1981 (age 42–43)
NationalityAmerican
EducationSchool of Visual Arts, Atlanta College of Art
Known forArtist, Painting, Sculpture, Abstraction

Zane Lewis (born 1981) is an American visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2] His abstract paintings and sculptures reference color field painting, pointillism, phenomenology, and minimalism. And have been stylistically referred to as 'psychedelic minimalism'.[3]

The acclaimed New York Times art critic Roberta Smith called Lewis' paintings "skillfully spray-painted whose shifting tonalities and densities have a glowing, slightly psychedelic look suggesting an admiration for Jules Olitski, the California Light and Space movement and Las Vegas. Spray-painted with diaphanous textures, delicate and unexpectedly beautiful."[4] Lewis' works contain a phenomenological aura pushing the notion of direct experience upon the viewer. This essence becomes part of Lewis' tool kit as he forces those to engage his paintings sculpturally, a "Turrellian approach" to painting.

  1. ^ Artpace Gala Happenings, ARTPACE News, 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ Slenske, Michael. "Spray It Loud", Wmagazine.com, 10 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Colour theory: New York artist Zane Lewis re-emerges with a new body of work | Art | Wallpaper* Magazine". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  4. ^ Smith, Roberta (2015-11-19). "Joe Grillo and Zane Lewis in Separate Shows at the Hole". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-24.