Denise Green

Denise Green (born 1946) is an Australian painter living and working in New York City. She is known for her contributions to New Image Painting, an ambiguous art movement that began in the late 1970s. Her paintings are typically abstract and present an idea rather than a formal representation of a subject. Her work is both analytic in structure and intuitive in colour and gesture.

Early life and education Denise Green was born in Australia in 1946 and grew up in Brisbane. The work created by these indigenous artists continued to serve as inspiration throughout her extensive career. Her brief architectural studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts Supérieure continued to serve as an influence on her earlier works even after she relocated to New York City. After living in Paris for three years, Green left Europe to attend graduate school at Hunter College in New York. There, she met Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell who became her teachers and mentors, introducing her to the artistic movements of abstract expressionism, minimalism, and conceptual art. This exposure to non-Western art influenced the artist's oeuvre and served as a catalyst for her ongoing interest in combining Eastern and Western thinking in her work, a topic that she discusses at length in her book Metonymy in Art: a New Paradigm. one of the highest recognitions of achievement and service for Australian citizens.

Green's earlier works are predominantly cityscapes, such as Laight St., View No. 1 (1975). During this period of her oeuvre, Green emphasized strong colours and basic forms, like circles and fan shapes.

Since the beginning of her career, Green has had more than 130 one-person shows and her work has been shown in nine museum retrospectives since 1999, including venues at MoMA PS1, New York and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. The artist continues to paint, take photographs, and make collages and works on paper today.

Works Green is the author of two books: Metonymy in Art: a New Paradigm, published by the University of Minnesota Press and Macmillan Art Publishers (Australia) in 2005, and An Artist's Odyssey, released by the same publishers in 2012.