Gene Mann

Much of Gene Mann’s art may be seen as a celebration of the primordial act of mark-making. Many of her works, with their inky splotches, patches of impasto and zigzag strokes, appear to share affinities with ancient writing systems or with the gestural bravura of classic abstract expressionism. They reflect a pure creative impulse, unaffected by critical theory, that is found in art brut, or “raw art” to use the French term that refers to the creations of non-academically trained artists who work outside the social-cultural mainstream. Mann admires outsider art but does not try to imitate it. The real subject of her work, with its references to the human figure and use of an abstract visual language to convey ambiguous thoughts and emotions, is the raw energy of artistic creativity.

Mann has exhibited her work at a number of institutions and galleries worldwide including Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto, Japan, Krugier & Cie Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, Centre d'Art en l'Ile, Geneva, Switzerland, Société des Beaux-Arts, Geneva, Switzerland, and Hyogo Museum, Kobe, Japan, among others. 

Courtesy of Andrew Edlin Gallery