Summary
Snowblind takes its evocative title from one of Corey Antis' larger paintings on view here. Antis, who is based in Philadelphia, builds forms from vacant spaces, creating arrangements of color and texture that oscillate between environment and object. Conflicts of perspective and melting boundaries between colors create disorienting habitats, such as in "Ambush," where a muted pink construction all but dissolves in a tan sea. His architecture never makes it to the edges of the paper or panel, leaving his spaces suspended and uninhabitable, observable from a cool emotional distance. The precision and efficiency of Antis' decisions is striking, and his work is mesmerizing in its delicate details and structural precision.
Local artist Josh Tonies exhibits a handful of experiments with landscape, in which sites of transition (such as airplane landing strips) and disaster (i.e., floods) are processed through spatial distortions and color shifts. Using acrylic and various image-transfer processes, he layers information in disorienting but legible ways that tie his work, formally, to that of Antis. Chad Gordon's images of scenic natural landscapes and wood-burning kits, meanwhile, are created by methodically burning pen-tip-sized marks into unprimed wood panel, slowly building half-tone-like patterns that eventually resolve into images. And Chris Herren layers acrylic, enamel and resin on shaped wood panels to depict birds emerging from striking bars of color combinations. Herren's works boldly mesh optical experimentation and representational painting, fusing cool formalism with suggestions of narrative.See the full content of this document
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Outer and Inner Spaces
Outer and Inner Spaces
SNOWBLIND, A GROUP SHOW at SPACE gallery, provides little in the way of introductory statements that might help audiences understand the exhibit. It is a painting show, so at the very least, viewers will know where the art is. But Snowblind, curated by Thad Ke...See the full content of this document
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