Neil Campbell "Faultline"
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At Marianne Boesky Gallery
Media: Painting
Painting directly on to the wall, Neil Campbell transforms the gallery's interior with his geometric shapes and patterning. The artist intervenes in the architecture, toying with the experience of the space and addressing questions of viewer perception. Letting intuition guide the process, the artist divines 'sweet spots' within the exhibition space, scaling his shapes and situating them in the locales he deems most harmonic. A massive inverted triangle dominates the main gallery, while fields of small circles pulsate in the front gallery. Despite the flatness of the painted form, the scale of the triangle coupled with its impenetrable blackness produces an overwhelming, almost vertiginous effect. The matte planes seem only to highlight and heighten the vibration felt from the looming shape. Campbell's varying circles oscillate between evoking a sensation of drawing energy away from the viewer and projecting a kinetic force outward. The negative space between the dots in turn retains its own knot of energy. Inspired initially by how various cultures privileged a specific center along the vertical axis of the human figure, the artist explains that his work addresses "the electric field of the body."
Schedule
From 2008-09-05 To 2008-10-04
Opening Reception on 2008-09-04 from 18:00 to 20:00
Artist(s)
Fee
Free
Venue Hours
From 10:00 To 18:00
Closed on Mondays, Sundays
Maps
Access
Between 10th and 11th Ave. Subway: C/E to 23rd Street
Address
509 W 24th St., New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-680-9889 Fax: 212-680-9897
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Neil Campbell "Faultline"</a>
Venue: Marianne Boesky Gallery
Schedule: From 2008-09-05 To 2008-10-04
Address: 509 W 24th St., New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-680-9889 Fax: 212-680-9897


