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<h1><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#333333"><b>CONTEMPORARY
ABSTRACT PAINTING BY CHRISTINE AUGER</b></font></h1>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#333333">Painting
has enjoyed a privileged position over sculpture and architecture in much of
art history since the Renaissance; furthermore, abstract and non-objective painting
held the defining position throughout the history of Modernism from its beginnings
in Impressionism into the 1970s. Abstract painting has even been declared "the
Modernist medium par excellence," as it was so well suited to spiritual
quest, self-expression, and formalist invention, issues that shaped the culture
of the late nineteenth century and much of the twentieth.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#333333">In
the past three decades, however, contemporary art has been broadened and enlivened
by artists working in the new forms of performance, installation, public art,
video and film, digital media, and the Internet, and it seemed as if our electronic
age no longer had patience for, let alone interest in, new ideas and approaches
to abstract painting. The rich and heavy history of abstract painting, together
with persistent critical debate denying its relevance in a Postmodern world,
nearly extinguished serious efforts to pursue new forms of abstract painting.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#333333">My
goal is to interrelate abstract painting with new technologies, mass production,
worldwide distribution and cross-publishing. By doing so, my ambition is to
inject fresh energy and ideas into contemporary art by exploring issues of abstract
painting, a medium considered by many to be a dead end.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#333333">Christine
Auger<br>
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