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Continuing her exploration of motion and fluidity, Sydney Yeager's new paintings deal with pattern, rhythm, abstraction, and hesitation. The richness of the winding forms carries the viewer smoothly through the painting, only to be disturbed by a sudden shift in pattern. Ms. Yeager describes the interruptions as "visual 'folds' that create a little blip, a quick questioning of perception, a 'blink' that slows the motion of the eye for a fraction of second." Without this intentional disturbance of pattern these might simply be beautiful paintings, but it is Ms. Yeager's intentional interruption of motion that adds visual tension and interest.
Austin artist Sydney Yeager recently returned to the States from the American Academy in Rome, where she was a visiting artist.
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She has received numerous grants and awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, and Artist’s Books in 1996; the Grumbacher Award; and was a recipient of the Cultural Arts Grant awarded by the City of Austin Arts Commission, Ms. Yeager’s exhibitions include: Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas; Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas; Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas; and Art House, Austin, Texas. Her paintings can be found in the permanent collections of the Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas; American Airlines, Austin, Texas; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas; and the Belo Collection, Dallas, Texas.
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Sydney Yeager 2005 Bio
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