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
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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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212-966-7745 / www.exitart.org / A, C, E to 34th Street / Penn
Station
Open Tue.–Thu., 10am–6pm; Fri., 10am–8pm; and Sat., 12–6pm.
Closed Sun. and Mon. $5 suggested
donation.
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