It is important for understanding his work to know the two basic parameters— form and content— which inform his pursuit of a new structure. Formally, the paintings are amalgams of the polar opposites with which large stylistic swings in the history of art have been described: intellect and emotion, order and randomness, control and accident, structure and chaos, straight line and amorphous color, gloss and matte, literal flatness and illusionistic depth, figure and ground and so forth. It is through a synthesis of art history's past that Sorenson finds his unique place in that history.

With regard to content, Sorenson involves himself with painting because of its potential for spiritual metaphor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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1974-76
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Untitled, 1971
acrylic on canvas, 96" x 96"

Untitled, 1971
acrylic on canvas, 96" x 66"

Untitled, 1971
acrylic on canvas

Untitled, 1971
acrylic on canvas, 36" x 66"

Graduate Show, 1972
California State University, Northridge

Graduate Show, 1972
California State University, Northridge

detail of Untitled painting
Graduate Show,
1972
California State University, Northridge

Graduate Show, 1972
California State University, Northridge


Stella Series, 1970
acrlic on canvas, 72" x 96"

 


Stella Series, 1970
acrlic on canvas, 72" x 96"


Floating Bars 1, 1972
acrlic on canvas, 66" x 96"

 


Floating Bars 2, 1972
acrlic on canvas, 66" x 96"


Negation 1, 1973
acrlic on paper, 60" x 84"

 


Negation 2, 1973
acrlic on paper, 60" x 84"

Negated Polygon #1, 1973
acrlic on paper, 84" x 108"
 
   

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