Beth Letain (b. 1976)


Except the Run of Rivers2018
oil on canvas
signed and dated verso ‘Beth Letain, 2018’
220 x 190cm
Provenance
Pace Gallery, London;
Private Collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Signal Hill, Pace Gallery, London, UK
Essay
Berlin-based Canadian artist Beth Letain engages with the history of colour and abstraction. While her works feel minimalist compositionally, they are vivid withstrong colour painted on white canvas. Letain’s geometric structures are harmonious and rhythmic, referencing Agnes Martin, Mary Heilmann and the Bauhaustheories of colour. This work is of magnificent scale with lashings of oil and rich pigment, so characteristic of the artist’s style. Her works are simple and enduring


Provenance
Pace Gallery, London;
Private Collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles, US, 25-28 January, 2018
Essay
Berlin-based Canadian artist Beth Letain engages with the history of colour and abstraction. While her works feel minimalist compositionally, they are vivid with strong colour painted on white canvas. Letain’s geometric structures are harmonious and rhythmic, referencing Agnes Martin, Mary Heilmann and the Bauhaus theories of colour. This work is of magnificent scale with lashings of oil and rich pigment, so characteristic of the artist’s style. Her works are simple and enduring.