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Agilus

1998

American, born 1968

Op art of the 1960s-particularly paintings by Jesus Rafael Soto and Ludwig Wilding- provoked Jeffrey Simmons to consider moiré patterning. He remembers looking over a children's book of moiré patterns that featured printed plastic overlays to explore optical shifts. Another reference he makes is to "the carefully painted patterns suggesting watered silks worn by sitters throughout the history of European portraiture." This painting is named after Saint Agilus, whose feast day corresponds to the day the artist completed it.

Oil, alkyd on wood panel

14 x 13 in. (35.6 x 33cm)

Gift of Kim Shirley in honor of the Seattle Art Museum Supporters Executive Committee 2002-2003: Ann Barwick, Marilyn Brashen, Cindy Daugherty, Heidi Duffy, Cheryl Esposito, Barrie Galanti, P. Raaze Garrison, Rita Hayes, Kit Herrod, Sharon Huling, Beth Lottinville, Dr. Lynn Mandel, Shirley Miner, Amy Niermeyer, Glyn Nordstrom, Helene Heglund Reed, Dabney Rohrbach, Lisa Touw, Gaylene Vaden, Jennifer Wathen, Gerlinde Whetzell, Donnelly Wilburn, Karen Gail Chinn Wong

2003.36

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "International Abstraction: Making Painting Real", May 2, 2003 - February 29, 2004, (5/2/2003-2/29/2004)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Fresh Impressionism"
June 19, 2008 - September 21, 2008 (6/19/2008 - 9/21/2008)

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