One of the first artists from Mississippi to embrace modernism, Dusti Bongé began experimenting with Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s. Associates in New York connected Bongé with the most progressive artists of the day and introduced her to the avant-garde philosophies and techniques that were slow to reach the Deep South. In this compelling composition, a series of irregular rectangles, each imbued with a distinctive personality, marches across the space. Bongé enlivened the surface by alternating the thick and thin application of paint and by gouging away the medium in linear strokes.
