Mary Anne Kluth

I think these works are fantastic!

It’s incredible once you realize that the water medium splats have been painted around and that the gradient backgrounds were applied after the fact.
The details are fantastic.

Comment by BR — January 16, 2009

i saw these works in an exhibit. they were interesting but i was let down to see that the artwork was on paper warped from the water medium(which we see so often and typically). this is so bad and oly shows the lack of technical understanding. I wish the teachers of these”masters” would clue them in to how to size paper.

Comment by hanley — January 16, 2009

Looks like a food fight..

Comment by Rachel — January 16, 2009

I think they look like explosions. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. I’m also trying to find a feeling but it looks so random and confused to me.

Comment by Kaylia — January 16, 2009

In my opinion this work just seems like easy random nothingness paired with some watchtower illustrations. Oh isn’t masking fluid just the greatest.

Comment by Anonymous — January 16, 2009

I think it’s very pleasing to the eye.
At first I was like ‘oh yay paint splatters’. Then I looked further and saw other things.
I don’t see it as described. Once I looked further I saw a mixture of mediums that says something about both.

Comment by Bella — January 16, 2009

I think Kluth’s critics would say that her compositions are a bit simplistic, but I really do appreciate the sense of scale that is created with her abstract/figurative combination. I think most people who look at art regularly would agree that they are tired of seeing paint splatters, but may Kluth offers a slightly new perspective.

Comment by justin king — January 16, 2009

I disagree with JACK. I think the images are beautiful. Her choice of color, and the combination of techniques used, makes her style unique and pleasing to the eye. I appreciate that parts of her work seem very modern, while others employ a more traditional style.

Comment by Alli — January 16, 2009

I don’t like her work but I am glad she is successful and is showing in a gallery.

Comment by 1234asdf — January 16, 2009

I absolutley love what the artist is trying to say. We are falling to deeply in love with our material selves and our toys. Bravo to that. With disconnection being the object here I would say the work definitley succeeds in conveying that visually, but at the same time, it is why the work is almost unbearable to look at, ugly, juvinile and difficult to take seriously.

Comment by JACK — January 16, 2009