SLOANE

Louise P. Sloane is a New York-based abstract painter whose practice spans five decades of exploration into color and form. Since graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 1974, she has developed a rigorous method of geometric abstraction characterized by dense, tactile surfaces and grid-based compositions. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Zimmerli Art Museum. Often described as a "maximalist posing as a minimalist," Sloane utilizes thick acrylic extrusions to build rhythmic textures that simulate the appearance of written language. These script-like marks function as a private meditation, allowing the artist to explore the optical interaction of pure, unmixed colors within a formalist framework. Her long-standing career was recently honored in the retrospective exhibition Back to the Future.