Kathleen Kucka: Strange Attractor
Blue World Cosmos, 2021, burns on canvas/flashe
Kathleen Kucka: Strange Attractor — Well known in the New York City abstract scene, Kucka is a recent transplant to Litchfield County, where she recently opened a gallery, Furnace, in Falls Village. This solo exhibition features newly created paintings and works on paper that blur the line between two- and three-dimensional abstraction using unconventional materials and methods. The current works were inspired by the dark nights, planet-gazing and fractals of summer, and Kucka created them by employing a hand-held burn tool to mark geometric grids and circular patterns on the surface of her canvas before painting on top of the scorched surface, exploring the interplay between physical and visual components of painting. Heather Gaudio Fine Art, 66 Elm St., New Canaan. 203-801-9590