The Figure (3 MB)
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The Premise

The Midwest Paint Group, (MPG), is an association of Midwestern US-based painters working under varied processes defined as Post Abstract Figuration. This type of painting is built on configurations and conceptions that evolved out of the past great traditions of art and of 20th Century modernist painting. It is the group’s position that emotive and expressive abstractions are at the core of their images. Each member of the group individually interprets the perceptual-observational process into a pictorial format that evokes the strongest sense of abstract plasticity. Painting is the power of two-dimensional space reaching into the representational visceral aspect of three-dimensional reality. In this sense, to be an MPG painter is a quest to becoming highly aware of nature’s complex beauty balanced against the nature of unifying human vision and deep emotion. When painting utilizes the energy of plasticity expressed in its drawing and color all the subjects that humanity can express as art may be realized. In such painting there are few limits to the range toward which painters can aspire. MPG advocates a significant 21st Century movement vital to the continuation and development of new, visually intelligent and emotive works of perceptual art.

Mission

The Midwest Paint Group is dedicated to promoting the painting and artistic development of its members and, more broadly, the aesthetic movement in contemporary art known as Post Abstract Figuration. The Midwest Paint Group (MPG) joins together in emphasizing the quality and recognition of this art and supporting its practitioners. MPG strives for clear communication, inspirational education, and informative marketing in support of this cause. MPG is keenly interested in building associations and alliances to Post Abstract Figuration painting where it can be found in the Midwest region as well as nationally and internationally.

Crossroads of artists,
By Steve Kash/Special to the Tribune-Star
(Terre Haute, IN) 2002

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