Biography
"I've reintroduced what I would consider the juice and the meat of painting - which is light, space and narrative"¹
Waddington Galleries is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by the late American artist Al Held. The exhibition consists of thirteen paintings, dating from 1989 to 1993, each showing Held's articulate, non-objective abstraction: the 12ft wide Fathom Mark IX, 1989, (a fathom mark being a measure for sea depths) evokes a geometric coral reef of drifting cubes, triangles and cylinders. The shapes are flatly painted in deep greens, blues and browns in an overall composition based on quartered diagonals, with differing focal lengths and bereft of gravity.
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Al Held, Fathom Mark IX, 1989 acrylic on canvas 96 x 144 in / 243.8 x 365.8 cm
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Al Held, Geocentric II, 1989 acrylic on canvas 72 x 96 in / 183 x 243.8 cm
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Al Held, Quattro Centric VI, 1989 72 x 60 in / 183 x 152.4 cm acrylic on canvas
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Al Held, Quattro Centric XI, 1989 acrylic on canvas 48 x 96 in / 121.9 x 243.8 cm
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Al Held, Centauri III, 1990 acrylic on canvas 96 x 72 in / 243.8 x 183 cm
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Al Held, Triton III, 1990 acrylic on canvas 60 x 72 in / 152.4 x 183 cm
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Al Held, Triton IV, 1990 acrylic on canvas 84 x 84 in / 213.4 x 213.4 cm
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Al Held, Quattro Centric XIII, 1990 acrylic on canvas 72 x 60 in / 183 x 152.4 cm
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Al Held, Auriga IV, 1991 acrylic on canvas 72 x 120 in / 183 x 304.8 cm
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Al Held, Scand IV, 1991 acrylic on canvas 96 x 144 in / 243.8 x 365.8 cm
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Al Held, Duccio II, 1992 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 in / 152.4 x 152.4 cm
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Al Held, Sail over Two, 1993 acrylic on canvas 72 x 60 in / 183 x 152.4 cm
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Al Held, Cumulus Cluster III, 1993 acrylic on canvas 48 x 60 in / 121.9 x 152.4 cm