Charles Koegel, Who Knows, 2010, Acrylic, oil, spray paint, grass, matte medium on
canvas, 70 x 62 inches

Nathlie Provosty, Bee Keeper, 2010, Oil on canvas,
44 x 36 inches

Geoffrey Owen Miller, DINTI DINFI, 2009-2011,Oil on panel, 5.5 x 11 inches

Paul Pagk, aligned deep down from above, 2008,Acrylic, oil on canvas, 76 x 74 inches

Peter Hildebrand, Fuller’s Glitch, 2009, Alkyd and resin on canvas, 74 x 56 inches

Rico Gatson, Auction Block, 2006, Paint, wood, lights,
26 x 26 x 49 inches

Driss Ouadahi , Traces, 2010,
Oil on panel, 71 x 78.5 inches

Dannielle Tegeder, Black Nocturnal Mechanic System, 2011, Acrylic and
ink on canvas, 49 x 61 inches

GEOMETRIC DAYS
February 25-April 30, 2011
Opening Friday, February 25, 2010/7-9pm

ARTISTS
Rico Gatson, Charles Koegel, Peter Hildebrand, Geoffrey Owen Miller, Driss Ouadahi, Paul Pagk, Nathlie Provosty, and Dannielle Tegeder

"[The Universe] is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures." Galileo Galilei, Il Saggiatore, 1623

NEW YORK – GEOMETRIC DAYS is an exhibition of new paintings by eight artists whose deployment of geometry exposes organizational structures from microscopic, political, and spiritual dimensions. Geometry, abstraction and painting are ingrained in our interpretation of experience—geometry as measurement of space and time, abstraction as poetic expression of the visual, and painting as the manifestation of a will to communicate.

These artists propose that geometry isn’t necessarily abstract, but that it is actually a form of reality. Their hand-crafted, anarchic/controlled forms undercut geometric abstraction’s historical ties to utopian idealism. The works calls upon mathematics as a spiritual force (and geometry as its visual realization) that codes the experiences of nature, built environments, social constructs, and the digital world. Artist/Curator Papo Colo states, For these artists geometry is more than a combination of lines. The nature of images are mathematical. Geometry divides borders, topography and climate. This labyrinth of numbers and forms, construct the world in a rational way but also transforms surfaces/images into spiritual substances that take you to a space of esoteric solutions.

Curated by Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman with Herb Tam

ABOUT EXIT ART
Exit Art is an independent vision of contemporary culture. We are prepared to react immediately to important issues that affect our lives. We do experimental, historical and unique presentations of aesthetic, social, political and environmental issues. We absorb cultural differences that become prototype exhibitions. We are a center for multiple disciplines. Exit Art is a 28-year-old cultural center in New York City founded by Directors Jeanette Ingberman and artist Papo Colo, that has grown from a pioneering alternative art space, into a model artistic center for the 21st century committed to supporting artists whose quality of work reflects the transformations of our culture. Exit Art is internationally recognized for its unmatched spirit of inventiveness and consistent ability to anticipate the newest trends in the culture. With a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation and depth of programming in diverse media, Exit Art is always changing.

EVENTS
PAINTING CLUB
Dates and Artists TBA

Exit Art inaugurates the Painting Club, an unconventionally potent, theatrical presentation of painting that builds on GEOMETRIC DAYS. Taking place in Exit Art’s Trickster Theater space, the Painting Club will consist of a series of evening events to contemplate paintings one at a time, recalling the salons of the Hudson River School artists, who unveiled their landscape paintings to seated New York City audiences.

Paintings will be presented on an easel where it will be left for 3 minutes of silent viewing by the audience. Four artists will present 3 paintings each and a discussion and reception will follow. All of the paintings shown during Painting Club will be added to the GEOMETRIC DAYSexhibition, building layers of approaches to geometric abstract painting.
Please refer to www.exitart.org for updates on this program.

EXHIBITION SUPPORT
This exhibition is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. General exhibition support provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Bloomberg LP; Jerome Foundation; Lambent Foundation; Pollock-Krasner Foundation; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn; Exit Art’s Board of Directors and our members.

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