Hungarian-born, New York-based artist Rita Ackermann studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and the New York Studio School. Working primarily in painting, collage and drawing, her conceptions occupy a space between the figurative and the abstract, where human forms simultaneously disappear and re-emerge. The opposing impulses of creation and destruction mark the touchstone of Ackermann’s practice, which continues to evolve and manifest itself in the shift from representation to abstraction.
signed with the artist's initial and dated "2016 A" on the reverse acrylic, oil, pigment, pastel, chalk and spray paint on canvas 34 x 68 in. (86.4 x 172.7 cm.) Executed in 2018.