MATTHEW LANDKAMMER

Each of Matthew Landkammer’s subtly-striped, minimal paintings immediately catches the eye with its intense color - red, orange, yellow - essentially monochromatic and deceptively complex. A son of the Great Plains, Landkammer has an affinity for the sweeping vista of the landscape, the broad horizon line and open sky, and he intends the viewer to feel a sense of boundlessness. At their heart, though, these are formal works, at once recalling the mesmerizing intensity of Mark Rothko and the elegant line of Agnes Martin.

Landkammer sums up this body of work by saying, “I see these pieces opening up to the viewer in three stages: First, an immediate retinal impression of an all-over color, almost a retinal shock. Second, as the eyes adjust, a realization of the underlying striations that build the overall color. Third, an emotional reaction to the composition of the horizontal striations, ideally one of calm.”

02081107
2007, acrylic on canvas
36 x 36 inches

$1800

01061205
2005, acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 inches

$ 3,400

02073105
2005, acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 inches

$ 2,700

01062605
2005, acrylic on panel
42 x 42 inches

$ 2,200

03073105
2005, acrylic on panel
36 x 36 inches

$ 1,800

04073105
2005, acrylic on panel
36 x 36 inches

$ 1,800

01071205
2005, acrylic on panel
24 x 24 inches

$ 1,400

01072605
2005, acrylic on panel
18 x 18 inches

$ 950

01073105
2005, acrylic on panel
18 x 18 inches

$ 950

02072605
2005, acrylic on panel
18 x 18 inches

$ 950

05073105
2005, acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 inches

$ 3,400

01122802
Acrylic on curved wood panel.
24" X 40 x 12"
2002.

02122102
Acrylic on wood panel.
12" X 12"
2002.

01122902
Acrylic on curved wood panel.
47" X 60 x 18"
2002.

03122502
Acrylic on wood panel.
12" X 12"
2002.

02111102
Acrylic on curved wood panel.
24" X 48 x 12"
2002.

01062101
Acrylic on Russian birch panel,
24" X 24"
2001.