titled and dated 2012 on an exhibition label on the reverse
12 × 16 in (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
(including Buyer's Premium)
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Denyse Thomasos: Just Beyond, Art Gallery of Ontario; travelling to McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Remai Modern, Saskatoon; Vancouver Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax and The Rooms, St. John's, 8 October 2022–19 January 2025
Esi Edugyan, Gaetane Verna & Sarah Milroy, Denyse Thomasos: Odyssey, Kleinburg, 2021, reproduced page 38
Renée van der Avoird, Sally Frater and Michelle Jacques, Denyse Thomasos: Just Beyond, Toronto, 2022, reproduced page 162
Untitled belongs to a series of small-scale abstractions created in the final year of Denyse Thomasos’ life. Distinct from the architecturally driven, monumentally scaled works for which she is best known, this series provides a more intimate exploration of gesture and colour. Without any of Thomasos’s usual motifs and artistic language, Untitled invites us to question and reflect upon the artist’s intent. Does this work indicate a formal departure for the artist? Or was this a natural evolution of Thomasos’s practice? Was this series a part of a much broader project that was ultimately never realized? Or do the echoes of her gestures and use of colour in Untitled connect it to earlier works? Unmistakably, Thomasos’s hand remains present as her energy is embedded in each vibrant brushstroke. Although the scale has shifted and the motifs receded, this work is animated by Thomasos as her hand is evident in each artistic mark.
