Whereas
previous bodies of work explored the landscape as a site of conflicting cultural and political viewpoints, the artist's latest paintings move deeper into explorations of abstraction and the expressive possibilities of paint.
Not exact matches
The artist has said
of this new series that, as with a
previous body of work in which he articulated a fascination with Futurism, he is «
exploring new ways
of interpreting a definitive and somewhat overlooked period in cultural history, developing
works centred around the kinds
of characters who populate my practice, imagining who is the boy / man who would make this sort
of space his own, what his home might look like... and what sort
of psychosis would lead to this?»
Starting, as it were, at square one, the artists» installations relate strongly to their
previous bodies of work,
exploring space, site - specificity and the third dimension.
On the heels
of her forthcoming solo exhibition America the Beautiful, visual anchors that have appeared in
previous bodies of work are coming together to form a visual reliquary that speaks to the dystopian paradise that Adams
explores each day.
In
previous bodies of work, such as her Cyborg (1997 - 2011) and Anagram (1999 - 2006) series, Lee Bul similarly
explored the inseparable nature
of biotechnology and the augmented human
body, as well as the human desire to transcend intellectual, physical, and spiritual limitations.
With this
body of work, she
explored using gouache on paper (as opposed to predominately oil on canvas paintings in
previous exhibitions) and depicted urban landscapes in both daylight and moonlight.
An expansion
of his
previous body of work, Loss / Less walks the line between abstraction and figuration to
explore the collision
of our physical and digital identities.
Unlike
previous bodies of work, these paintings have been made sequentially,
exploring the use
of wax, ink and shellac in varying combinations alongside other media.
Previous exhibitions have included: numerous workshops, performances, talks and tours for children; paintings by Colin Martin alongside a projection installation by Clare Langan;
works by Johanna Connor and Gabrielle Byrne, two West Cork - based artists; a collaborative showing
of mixed media
works by Cork - based artists Sandra Minchin and Chris Hurley; an exhibition
of paintings
exploring cityscapes and urban scenes; an exhibition
of drawings and
works on paper by Dutch artist Arno Kramer; a series
of video
works exploring an interest in the precarious balances that exist between the human
body and mind; a selected show by invited curator Sarah Foster, linked to the West Cork Craft and Design Guild's 10th Birthday Celebrations; and much more.
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, is currently showing Erik Parker: Undertow, an exhibition
of new paintings that represent a confluence
of ideas and style,
explored in
previous bodies of work including the Maps, Heads, Landscapes and Hydroglyphics.
The solo show at the Hashimoto Contemporary (that has hosted
previous shows by artists such as Erik Jones whom you can read about in the article about his exhibition Motion and the colourful show by Scott Scheidly titled The Pinks 2) will see Hamburg based 1010 present a new
body of works on paper and panels along with new indoor and outdoor murals in the greater San Francisco Bay Area that further push the limits
of his eye catching and mind expanding «portals» and invites the public to
explore art beyond the confines
of the gallery space.