Making Painting: Helen Frankenthaler and J.M.W. Turner

An installation photo of “Making Painting: Helen Frankenthaler and J.M.W. Turner” at Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK, in 2014. In an art gallery with grey concrete floors and high, white walls topped with a row of brightly lit windows, three rectangular abstract paintings hang equidistant from each other. All three paintings are by artist Helen Frankenthaler, and are, from left to right: “For E.M.”, 1981; “Burnt Norton”, 1972; and “Eastern Light”, 1982. Each painting boasts a wash of color, from mauve to ochre to beige.