Karin Davie

Karin Davie is a leading artist in the current wave of painting practices transforming the legacy of high modernism to capture the dynamics of contemporary life. Known for her exuberant curvilinear abstractions and undulating “stripes” suggesting body forms, Davie expands the notion of what was once described as the “self” in painting. Informed in part by Post modernist choreographers such as Trisha Brown, Davie’s work highlights the performance aspect of painting. Her emphasis on seemingly long unbroken brushstrokes mimics her processes evoking a dynamic study of the body, stamina, and memory. Other groups of work, such as the early private performance photographs, sculpture, drawings and multimedia pieces, all offer different views into to the conceptual and aesthetic concerns that drive Davie’s practice.

Wetterling Gallery's 40th anniversary exhibition twentyfourseven features new works by 26 represented artists at its Stockholm gallery.

Karin Davie's exuberant curvilinear abstractions and undulating stripe paintings transform the legacy of high modernist painting. Wetterling Gallery.

Group exhibition presenting paintings, sculptures and prints by Peter Blake, Jim Dine, Bernar Venet, Robert Rauschenberg and others. Wetterling Gallery.

Wetterling Gallery's 30th anniversary show — part 2 — featuring works by Aidan Salakhova and other represented artists, Stockholm.

Karin Davie presents anthropomorphic Op-art stripe paintings exploring process, movement and the legacy of modernism. Wetterling Gallery.

Karin Davie's undulating stripe paintings — exuberant, anthropomorphic, curvilinear — transform the legacy of modernist painting. Wetterling Gallery.