Margaret Kennedy: Color Tryst Eerdmans, New York

Thu 9 Oct 2025 to Sat 8 Nov 2025
14 East 10th Street, NY 10003
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm

Eerdmans presents Color Tryst, an exhibition of new work by contemporary painter Margaret Kennedy. Kennedy's works function as studies of bold, modern abstraction, building on layers upon layers of paint and process. Guided by intuition rather than rigid planning, the memory of her primary layers of paint lingers in the essence of the final product as color shines through the many coats and blends cohesively together. Her artwork is a palimpsest of her paintbrush.

Color Tryst also includes several works exploring the artist's affinity for trompe l'oeil, a visual illusion in art intended to make an object look three-dimensional. The artist explores the tension between two- and three-dimensional space by placing the trompe l'oeil elements as a counterpoint to her abstract color fields.

The artist's exploration of color imbues depth and nuance and a small history into each of her vibrant compositions. A drop of blue may develop into a whole canvas of several layers of blue, underscoring the evolution of her process: she lets the interaction of color guide her vision. When asked if she ever plans her compositions ahead of time, Kennedy playfully responds, “If I do, it fails”.