An exhibition that brings together three New York-based painters whose work engages a dialogue between material, conceptual and technical aspects of painting.
Employing a deliberative process of painting and erasure on aluminum surfaces, John Finneran creates works that contrast a muted sheen with stark rendering and seemingly slapdash facture. His vocabulary of lips, trash cans, eyes, clouds and other simplified objects present a sly pictorial syntax that make the viewer oscillate between bemusement and painterly sincerity. Most recently, his work was included in exhibitions at Gavin Brown's and Taxter and Spengemann, both New York. In 2003 and 2006, he had solo exhibitions at Rivington Arts and in 2008 with Upstairs Berlin.
Leeza Meksin's paintings evolve from a complex technique of fusing acrylic polymers with spandex that provides a hybrid surface for the application of oil paint. The imagery, usurped from instructional signage, advertising and design vocabularies, presents the possibility of an enigmatic message or mystical inference while the materiality of her work evokes the mind and body relationship. She is the co-recipient of a 2009 Soros Foundation grant for her documentary film work. Her paintings have been part of numerous exhibitions including in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Using oil and acrylic, Christopher Quirk builds up heavily textured, ambiguous elements that inhabit silvery expanses of an uncertain depth. These constituent parts, while puzzling in their relationships, nevertheless exist in a fully resolved painterly space. Though the works often reflect stillness and restraint, strong visceral impact and visual generosity are important considerations. Quirk has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad, including a number of solo presentations, since 1990.
New York City, NY; NYC