Craig Kauffman

According to critic and historian Peter Plagens, the 1958 paintings were: ... Abstract Expressionist but contain the first evidence of a Los Angeles sensibility: Tell Tale Heart (1958) is structured superficially along the lines of a second-generation New York painting, but it reveals the original stem-and-bulb shapes that Kauffman was later to translate into Plexiglas.The 'clean' Abstract Expressionist work of Craig Kauffman could be the point at which Los Angeles art decided to live on its own life-terms, instead of those handed down from Paris, New York, or even San Francisco.[1]In several series of wall relief sculptures made between 1964 and 1970, Kauffman pioneered the use of acrylic plastic as a support for painting.Art historian Susan C. Larsen notes: Kauffman's work has maintained its radiant color and its emphasis on certain sensuous physical properties of his materials.[2]Through his integration of sprayed color and shape, Kauffman achieved the visual presence of his vacuum formed acrylic wall reliefs.
Los Angeles, CaliforniaAngeles CityPhilippinesSculpturepaintingMinimalismLight and SpaceMuseum of Modern ArtWhitney Museum of American ArtTate ModernLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtArt Institute of ChicagoLos Angeles County Museum of ArtSeattle Art MuseumMuseum of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesFerus GalleryEdward KienholzWalter HoppsPlexiglasacrylic plasticvacuum formedRichard ArmstrongJudd'sModerna MuseetCentre Georges PompidouHunter, Sam