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Julia Fish: bound by spectrum

Venue

For three decades, Julia Fish has used her house and its vernacular architecture — a Chicago storefront designed by Theodore Steuben in 1922 — as the basis for a system of mapping color, form, and light in paintings and works on paper. For the first time in over 20 years, this exhibition presents a survey of the last decade of Fish's paintings and works on paper and debuts three new paintings.

Julia Fish, Threshold – Matrix : harbour [ spectrum : transposed ] / for E and L, 2014–15. Transfer chalk and oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and David Nolan Gallery, New York. © Tom Van Eynde
Julia Fish, Threshold – fragments : Matrix [ spectrum with grey ] and Plans [ spectrum : east to west ], 2014–15, revised 2018–19. Transfer chalk and oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. © Tom Van Eynde
Fish’s work-table view with schematic map of spectrum color notes and templates. © Tom Van Eynde
Julia Fish, Spectre : Threshold, SouthWest Two [ spectrum : green ], 2014. Chalk pastel and acrylic on UV paper, overlaid to grey paper. Courtesy of the artist and Rhona Hoffman Gallery. © Tom Van Eynde
Julia Fish, Threshold, SouthWest – One [ spectrum : red ], 2011–12. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Chicago. © Tom Van Eynde
Julia Fish, Threshold – Matrix : equinox [ spectrum : east to west ], 2016–17. Oil on canvas. Collection of James Rondeau and Igor DaCosta. © Tom Van Eynde
<p>Julia Fish, Threshold, SouthEast &ndash; Two [ spectrum : orange with grey ], 2010&ndash;14. Oil on canvas. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Museum purchase and restricted gift of Dia S. Weil and Edward S. Weil, Jr., Melissa Weber and Jay Dandy, and Scott J. Hunter, 2019.11.&nbsp;&copy; Tom Van Eynde</p>
Julia Fish, Study for Threshold &ndash; Plan : [ las meninas ] [ spectrum : east to west over grey ], 2018. Gouache on paper. Courtesy of the artist and David Nolan Gallery, New York.&nbsp;&copy; Tom Van Eynde