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Anno Domini presents...
More Force Than Judgement
debut solo exhibition of Poesia
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The Immaculate Conception, 72 x 41 inches, spray enamel, oil paint, oil pastel and bitumen.
In this exhibition entitled, More Force than Judgment, Poesia draws inspiration from a quote by renaissance biographer Giorgio Vasari describing the work of Tintoretto. The quote resonates with Poesia because of his involvement over the past two decades with the graffiti movement. Graffiti as an art form has not usually been taken seriously because it is perceived as consisting of actions and aesthetics that have to do more with force than judgment. Art historians and collectors in the past have been unable to make the connections between the power of a spray painted tag on the street, a Pollock drip on a canvas, or a Tintoretto sketch on a piece of paper. These relationships are made synonymous on these canvases as a pointed metaphor about the importance of the graffiti writer's mark on art history, as well as on the physical world itself.
In the paintings themselves, Poesia creates a direct dialogue with art history and graffiti's recently recognized, yet still contentious, central role in it in the new millennium. The compositions involve revised versions of old masterpieces that are influenced by the artist's history as a graffiti artist and the techniques and materials that he uses. As his traditional subject matter, he repaints historical masterpieces from the High Renaissance through the Baroque period. As his challenging commentary, he utilizes geometric abstraction to slice into them and graffiti tools wielded with an expressionistic stroke to disperse and obscure them. Poesia uses this visual dialectic to create a simile between new millennium masters and their historical counterparts, thereby making a statement that elevates both the art form and their practitioners, as well as progressing it's stylistic palette into the future.
Exhibition text by Daniel Feral
Video preview of POESIA "MORE FORCE THAN JUDGEMENT" by Scott La Rockwell
Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 2012 RSVP
Music: DJ Cutso
Exhibition on view: May 4 – June 16, 2012
Opening Reception is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk, May 4, 2012. View the full schedule of exhibitions at participating venues: http://www.southfirstfridays.com
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Anno Domini presents...
The California State Institution
debut U.S. solo exhibition of Dale vN Marshall (UK)
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Dale Marshall established himself as a graffiti artist known as Vermin on the streets of England. His raw urban roots are still prominently revealed as his work transitions to a style reflective of contemporary fine art.
In 2010 Marshall received wide attention and success for his sold out exhibition "Room 101" in Bristol, England. He created 101 paintings in 101 days reflecting and exposing his ongoing battles with the rigors and demands of mental health.
Dale's past experience in the UK of hospitalization in an outdated mental facility with its confined interiors travels through time and space to collide with his recent investigation into Southern California's exterior streets where those confining institutional walls have ceased to exist. The work documents the observation of the "walking medicated" from the rich to the poor.
Marshall has been living in California for the past year now. Although it might be easy for him to portray the iconic, commercial side of things he prefers a broader, more honest investigation where he found an affinity to his subject while using public transportation. The intention is to "present the idea of the unrepresented of Californian culture."
While on this journey of exploration, the project transpired into an investigation within himself where he took to the thread to create a series of new works and stitched some old wounds.
For preview/purchase inquiries, please email:
rEvolution [at] galleryAD.com
Artist's Reception: Friday, April 6, 2012 from 7–11pm RSVP
Music: Adira Shark
Exhibition on view: May 19, 2012
Opening Reception is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk, April 6, 2012. View the full schedule of exhibitions at participating venues: http://www.southfirstfridays.com
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