Friday, July 9, 2021

Avery Singer / Reality Ender

 



Hauser & Wirth NYC,
Press Photo


"On 9 September, groundbreaking American artist Avery Singer will present two new series of large-scale paintings in her first solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth. Occupying both the second and fifth floors of the 22nd Street space, the exhibition invites us to consider form as a state of encounter – an encounter that does not take place with a singular object, reference, or context, but as a conflation of narratives, spaces, histories, and ideas. In her new paintings, Singer explores themes – 19th-century European painting motifs, romantic notions of intoxication, stereotypes sur- rounding the bohemian artist, and icons of contemporary digital culture – that amalgamate past and present, clarity and ambiguity, and propose an escape from our quotidian reality.

Shifting seamlessly between digital and analog, Singer’s new work expands her unique visual vocabulary through a nuanced use of industrial automation, three-dimensional computer modeling software, and traditional painting techniques. The artist’s complex process of layering begins with finely primed, gessoed canvas, onto which images are projected before being methodically developed with airbrushed acrylic paint and liquid rubber. The rubber – first applied and subsequently peeled away – effectively unveils the elements and varying dimensionality that constitute the numerous layers of each work. Through these diverse methods, Singer continues to challenge the limits of the medium and develop her own way of seeing."

China Chalet, 2021, Acrylic on canvas stretched over wood panel, 254.6 x 305.4 x 5.4 cm / 100 1/4 x 120 1/4 x 2 1/8 in
© Avery Singer. Photo: Lance Brewer


https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/32888-avery-singer-reality-ender



Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Everyday Beauty






iPhone Pix,
Light & Shadow,
Formica Table Top,
Empty Ice Coffee Cup