James Little
Einstein’s Axiom.
Statements:
“I’m a strong believer in modernism in painting—something physical and perceptually tangible,” Little says. “I’m not interested in illusionism, the way a lot of abstract artists are. I’m interested in flatness, the flat plane, and materials that keep illusions at bay.”
Darwin’s Dilemma, 2014.
Color, Little says, is his imagery, just as a cup or bowl would be for a still-life painter or trees and mountains for a landscape artist. “It’s subject matter for me—the statement is in the interactions of certain colors, their placement, the temperature of color.”
Picasso’s Funeral.
Surrender is no option, 2014.
“To me,” he says, “the most heroic art produced is abstract art, because… it made us see in a different way. It’s been difficult at the present time, because painting has been ostracized or not looked at in favor of Postmodernism.”(quotes from interview in ArtNewsJanuary2011)(Courtesy: June Kelly Gallery, NYC)