Aylon

Trails of warm toned brown oil spread across the length of the rectangular work. Air pockets bubble around the edges and the Masonite has buckled and wrinkled underneath the Plexiglas.
Heléne Aylon, Brown Light #4: Floating, c. 1973–1975. Variable oil emulsion between Plexiglas and Masonite, 13 15/16 x 37 3/8 in. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II).

More on Brown Light #4; Floating

Read the full catalog essay by Grace McCormick.
Consult Aylon's memoir.
Review the Susan Caldwell Gallery brochure, containing information on Aylon's process works.
Read Noel Frackman's review of Aylon's 1975 exhibition.
Read R.F. Stepan's article entitled "Six Bay Area Artists."
Read Helen Thomas's "Heléne Aylon."

“When I started looking into Aylon I saw how daring she was. Her work often questions taken for granted understandings of the world and I thought that was really exciting.”

– Grace McCormick, co-curator, American University

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