Slab Assembly

Title: Slab Assembly
LC Subject: Painting Painting, Abstract painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) oil paintings (visual works)
Creator: Otto, Curtis
Description: This piece consists of several trapezoidal shapes and two triangles arranged together. The left most trapezoid is a darker gray than the rest of the composition, except for the red triangle at the the top. The other triangle near the bottom right contains a red number 23. Otto's special concept of slab assembly, a term coined by the painter to paraphrase his technique, utilizes the assemblage of many different paintings, each unique in itself, together to create a total image impression. Often the painter uses an occasional landscape or figurative painting as an instrument to contrast and enhance the vast repertory of geometrical shapes and to further expand the compositional impact of his work. Expressive strokes and striking colors juxtaposed throughout each assemblage also lend energy and stregth to the unusual perspective illusions and design patterns realized by the painter. (Museum Services Gallery press release, San Jose, 1980). The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
Location: Oregon Department of Human Services >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 875 Union St. N. E., Salem Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1986_salem_rev-bldg-vol-I_07_a01
Item Locator: OTT: 80-5
Accession Number: 1986_salem_rev-bldg-vol-I_07_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Otto, Curtis
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 30 x 30 inches; five sections, varied geometry
Material: Painting oil on canvas
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1980 Salem Employment Building 1986_salem_rev-bldg-vol-I
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: first floor, work area, south wall
Color Space: RGB