Untitled by Reva Freedman

Reva Freedman. Untitled and undated sculpture. Paint on tar paper. Courtesy of Gary Monroe.

Imagine an asymmetrical yellow figure defined by a black outline. The cut-out has a head, a neck and two feet. But the body parts in between, where a person’s torso, belly, and arms might be, are not connected by smooth lines. Instead, they are formed by a continuous zigzag line. Sharp. Rough. Inside the figure there is chaos. Circles, swirls, and lines of various sizes appear throughout in black, red, neon green and vibrant yellow. Apart from the resemblance of a face, there does not seem to be a discernible pattern inside the figure. Against the artist’s body of work, perhaps that is the point: emotion, abstraction, and propensity to undo convention.