About the work
In this time of complexity where technology moves faster and faster, Margolis has slowed his process and reduced his work to simple shapes. Using patterns of overlapping and intertwined squares and circles, he makes images that vibrate with tonal variations and spatial ambiguities. The grids and shapes are carefully designed to set up a process that is free-form. There is no plan, just a call and response from the surface to the eye as tone and color reveal the image. The outcomes are as much a surprise to Margolis as to the viewer.
The value of not knowing how or when the work is finished allows creativity and craft to work hand in hand as the picture comes alive. These artifacts are the result of a planned spontaneity and compositions that pay homage to Bauhaus, Op Art and Abstract Expressionism.
Scott
Scott Margolis graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in the mid-eighties and was awarded the Agnes Gund Scholarship. This formative experience was rooted in the underlying concepts of the craft and creativity of art and art making. Under the guidance of Ralph Woehrman, HC Cassill, and Ed Mieczkowski, he learned to follow his individual creative instincts while synthesizing influences and experiences to find ways to express his ideas.
