Contact Light by Michael Kagan

Contact Light
By Michael Kagan
2014
Oil on linen, 60 x 45 inches

This artwork was submitted to the Museum as a part of its Imagining Spacewalk Tumblr project (http://spacewalk50.tumblr.com/).

The following explanation was included in the submission: Kagan’s work focuses on iconic images… man pushing the limit of what he can do and knowing he might die doing it. His paintings oscillate between the abstract and the representational with forceful brushstrokes. As sections of abstract brushwork are created to form a large image, the painting is finished when it can fall apart and come back together depending on how it is read and the closeness to the work. The paintings are images, snapshots that capture fast, flash moments, quick reads that are locked into memory by their iconic silhouettes.