Art News:
VIRIDIAN ARTISTS
A CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
530 WEST 25TH
STREET between 10th &
11th Avs., NEW YORK, NY, 10001 TEL
212-414-4040
email:info@viridianartists.com
www.viridianartists
.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please List
Wally
Gilbert
"Geometric Series: Squares,
Triangles, and Lines"
March 1
to March
19, 2011
Reception, Saturday,
March 5th, 4 - 7 PM
Chelsea, NYC: Viridian Artists presents new work by Wally
Gilbert,
representing a new departure for the artist, who has moved away
from the
digital photographs of his last two shows into a realm of abstract
images printed
as archival prints on paper. Entitled "Geometric Series: Squares,
Triangles and Lines", the exhibition opens March 1st and continues
through
March 19th, 2011. there
will be a reception on Saturday March 5th, 4-7PM.
Although these images are
derived from simple abstract geometric figures, such as a triangle
or a square,
Gilbert has built up images of great complexity and exciting
colors. His method
is to work by hand on the computer first, using the computer to
hold the
alterations and modifications of the underlying line shapes as a
series of
super-imposed layers, and then using its power to access the
colors available
electronically to create novel color patterns.
About this
work, Peter Frank, art
critic for the Huffington Post and Adjunct Senior Curator for
the Riverside Art Museum, has written:
"In
the "Squares and Triangles" series, as the name implies, Gilbert
takes basic geometric forms, enmeshes them in digital halls of
mirrors, and
systematically unfolds entirely unassuming shapes into elaborate
scintillations. Rhythmic pulsations echo into endless patterns,
intricate structures
unfurl and implode into gem-like apparitions; colors swell and
fade into one
another, all tickling the eye into a vibrant thrill. The
structures begin
simply, but quickly diversify. Where Gilbert could have followed
an orthodox
minimalism formula, working out a particular schema into all its
iterations, he
takes a discretionary path determined by taste: a taste for
beauty and for
optical fascination."
Gallery hours: Tuesday
through Saturday 12-6PM
For further information
please
contact Vernita Nemec, Gallery Director at 212 414 4040 or info@viridianartists.com
or view the
gallery website: www.viridianartists.com
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