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Shoreline
Painting

1961
47 x 54 in. (119.38 x 137.16 cm)

Karl Kasten (San Francisco, California, 1916 - 2010, Berkeley, California)

Object Type: Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Russ M. McClure
Accession Number: 2002.13

Exhibition


Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

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Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2004-2006)

Shoreline (1961) reflects Karl Kasten’s participation in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Typical of that mode of painting, combines patches of rich color with spontaneous gestural brushwork. The painting is defined by a sense of rhythmic vitality rather than bold impact. Kasten states, “I consider [] probably the best of my paintings done at that time…the form and color were developed in a restrained manner, that is, the 'action painting' aspect is not as forceful as was popular with many artists in those years.” Despite the relative downplay of “action,” Kasten's attention to linear and textural variety resulted in a painting of great vigor and energy.

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