Selected Essays & Reviews
“This California-based
artist's first New York solo show presents paintings that are optically
enthralling and sensuously tactile.” --Ken Johnson, The New
York Times
“[Ellingson's]
patterned fields [are] … emotionally insinuating and hedonistically
intimidat-
ing… It is computer technology that has made this possible. It
allows Ellingson to revitalize
what has became stale, decadent, historical.” --Donald Kuspit,
catalogue essay
“[Ellingson's]
vibrant works serve as markers for the contemporary visual experience,
com-
posed of combinations, traces and echoes of the stimuli that course
before our eyes on a
daily basis.” --Rene de Guzman, Yerba Buena Center for the
Arts
“Ellingson's
systems hit the eye instantaneously, suggesting sections of vast networks,
such
as the Web.” --Mary MacNaughton, Ruth Chandler Williamson
Gallery, Scripps College
“Ellingson
painstakingly works in encaustic to build layer upon layer of pulsating
line work,
resulting in exhilarating optical plays upon vision and perception,
testing our capacity to
absorb visual information.” --Diana Daniels, Crocker Art Museum