Arin Contemporary Art presents: Submerge, works by American painter Jeffrey Gibson. Towering over the gallery is Gibson's 7' x 10' painting, Submerge (2007), accompanied by many smaller, recent collaged works on paper. Heralded by acclaimed sculptor and art critic, Jimmie Durham, and compared to genius artistic minds such as Gerhard Richter and Miles Davis, Gibson's works "take the existing world and create a new world" (Hélène Cixous).

(Above) Jeffrey Gibson, Submerge (2007), Oil and spray paint on canvas, 84" x 120"

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Arin Contemporary Art presents: painter Steve Hough in Precious States. A master of duplicity, Hough's carved Plexiglas works defy the perceived inelasticity of their medium. Carved in monochromatic hues, they are reminiscent of a familiar sheen, eventually revealed as everyday auto paint.. The soothing coats of car enamel are slick and streamlined, and never wavering from Hough's characteristically rhythmic dimensions. Each piece exemplifies the actual pliability of its plastic medium. A shift in lighting combined with the viewer's shadow reveal hidden complimentary colors, almost as if two or three paintings in one.