Some Like It Hot- Part 2: Geometry and Color

The second of a four-part summer series of online exhibitions at David Richard Gallery will focus on compositions rooted in Geometry and Color. Both are generally considered less subjective than expressionism and a more formal, non-objective language. For many of the artists included in Some like it Hot - Part 2: Geometry and Color, that could largely be true, consider Matthew Kluber, Mokha Laget, Robert C Morgan, Oli Sihvonen, Robert Swain, and Thornton Wills. Each of these artists tend to have rigorous compositions and adhere to variations on grids and systemic approaches exploring color interaction and adjacencies. However, such devices and approaches do not prevent the artist’s inspirations and influences from entering into their visual language and imbuing a certain amount of content. Architecture, nature, space, optical and illusory effects, and suggestive titles, along with color, a potent signifier in and of itself, all bring energy to the pictures and challenge perceptions that in turn, trigger the artist’s and viewer’s memories, beliefs, and emotions to varying degrees and on different levels.

Other artists are more overt and deliberate in their processes and intentions to convey a particular image and message. Along with the formal tools and approaches noted above, such artists also utilize patterning, layering, texturing surfaces, as well as using a hint of referential imagery and text in an otherwise non-objective, abstract painting. The artists who work in a more intentional way include: Isaac Aden, Carl Anderson, Nathan Ethier, Lester Rapaport, Andrew Spence, Laura Watt and Ben Woolfitt. In the curation of this presentation, color has been used as an important unifying factor with a focus on palettes at the warm end of the spectrum.