Kathleen Kucka Untitled Art Style:USA, 1999 Henry Olek

Henry Olek

Mario Grant

in Barcelona

A surreal and humorous poster design: a flock of stick figures tumble down a white poster background to hang on a gold coin

Poster features two women in classic German cultural attire rowing a boat down a river

Kathleen Kucka Untitled Art Style:USA, 1999 Henry OlekThis style of work marks American visual artist Kathleen Kucka's transition from "burn" art into acrylic painting. Kucka would pour the paint directly onto wooden or aluminum panels, eschewing brushes and leaving flows of paint to be directed by gravity and fluid dynamics. She was heavily inspired by Yayoi Kusama and began working in this medium as a response to the 9 11 attack on the World Trade Center. She has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum,