Untitled 13, 2006.
20 x 28 inches.
Ink on Paper.
Untitled 7, 2006.
24 x 18 inches.
Ink on Paper.
Puckette 18, 2006.
27.5 x 20 inches.
Ink on Paper.
Untitled 2, 2006.
21 x 26 inches.
Collage, Ink on Paper.
Untitled 10.
30 x 21.5 inches.
Ink on Paper.
Untitled (EP1). 2011.
50 x 67 inches.
Collage, ink on paper.
Untitled, (EP4). 2011.
23 x 21 inches.
Collage, Ink on Paper.
Untitled (EP2). 2011.
30 x 24.5 inches.
Collage, Ink on Paper.
Elliott Puckette was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1968. She received her BFA from Cooper Union in New York, where she is currently based.
Elliott Puckette's work is characterized by her distinct use of line, producing abstract paintings and works on paper that reference the body, calligraphic script, and musical scores. In Puckette's painted works, the line is carved out of colored grounds with a razor blade, while her works on paper reverse the process. Starting with a blank piece of handmade paper, Puckette begins by making a few gestures. A composition is then carefully and painstakingly developed. The line is then meticulously painted in ink, waxing and waning as it journeys around the paper.
Puckette's collage works deconstruct the fluidity of her works on paper. The torn drawings are held together with glue, which starts to pucker underneath the layers of paper. This is "the paper having its own life", she says, and it is a reminder of a loss of control.
Her works are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The New York Public Library and the Fogg Art Museum in Boston.
