Pattern Pulp

Tuesday's Gallery Picks




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Bright colors and unexpected materials rule this week’s gallery picks.

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1. With extraordinary delicacy, Tom Phillips has dissected his previously used, discarded plastic palettes and converted fragments of them into intricate oil collages mounted on panels at Flowers Gallery
2. Jacques Roch’s paintings tell a narrative that comes close to the edge of a nightmarish darkness, taking a last minute playful turn with sexual daydreams and humorous, childlike doodles at Kim Foster Gallery
3. Jason Roth’s newest series of paintings on shop rags are explosions of multicolored forms that possesses a bold graphic flavor and tough, matte surface at Masters Pelvin
4. Shane McAdams and Caroline Jane Harris experiment with unusual mediums – paper, ball-point pen ink, resin – taking nature and landscapes as a starting point but with very different results at Scream London
5. For Ati Maier, the first Moon Walk serves as both metaphor and unifying theme to her latest exhibition, The Map Is Not the Territory at Pierogi 2000
6. David Poppie’s amazing work with colored pencils at Pavel Zoubok

 

September 3, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Trend: Chaotic & Melodic




Today’s feature is all about the crazy. Organized chaos will forever be a part of the design process. When I think the number of versions that get made before that final goes up and out, it’s remarkable. The artists and designers showcased today have honed their style documenting energy and movement through texture and while some of the pieces may look like a work in progress, they’re final, and in my opinion, beautiful.

Emulating musical notes, Tom Phillips reveals a love of mixed-media which reminds us a lot of Kandinsky‘s later work. Bringing a street angle to the mix we have Ben Quinn‘s graffiti markings. Translating that energy through embroidery, print and fashion, we have Isabel Marant’s SS12 shorts and a recent instagram of a worn and torn rug from Of a Kind‘s new Downtown office.


June 18, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Tracking Repetitive + Awesome.
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