Sheila Hicks’s Faith in the Latent Power of Materials
Ela Bittencourt, Hyperallergenic
December 2024
Sheila Hicks is a master colourist, capable of suggesting depth and movement in abstraction and seducing with figure and landscape all without straying from formalist rigour. Indeed, an invigorating survey of mostly recent works by the American artist at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is a feast of rhythmic form and pulsating colour. Set against the museum’s austere architecture, Hicks’s rich array of regal blues and canary yellows is sensually offset by deep burgundies and creamy and ashy whites. […]