A Noun is Hour by Hour

Sabina Ott

During Sabina Ott’s stints at Aurobora Press, she continued her exploration with text and rose motifs, (a constant in her paintings since 1990) to create a lyrical storyline. Using a transfer technique, Ott merged intricate pictorial imagery such as children’s drawings, color poloroids, bold color fields, rose emblems with specific text to create a suite of richly worked monotypes. Ott’s prints engage the viewer with a vivid color palette and a baroque layering of imagery. Inspired by the writings of Gertrude Stein, Ott has created a series of visual notations evoking a sense of play that repeats and repeats, underscoring the notion that “everywhere there is somewhere”.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Art Museum, Miami University, Oxford, OH; Carnation Corporation, Glendale, CA; Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY; Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, HI; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Dayton Hudson Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Norton Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA; Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; The Rose Museum, Brandies University, MA; The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY