NYAB Event - Wim Zorn "Once More With Feeling"

Wim Zorn "Once More With Feeling"

Broadway Gallery

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Wim Zorn is no stranger to new challenges. With an extensive array of visual styles from sculptural wall reliefs to abstract vistas, his body of work is vast and varied. It is this continual sense of pushing himself in new directions that has created an inspiring and impressive overture. Central to the work in this show is a sense of weight and matter on the two-dimensional surface. Matter is the common thread running through all objects and beings in the world, and it is here in Once More With Feeling, that the artist explores its elusive nature. From an elemental paring down of form and shape, to classic color theory, what sets this show apart is Zorn’s ability to resist conventional categorization.

Zorn’s artwork takes a psychological perspective of the “other”. His own relationships clearly inform his paintings and unique color palette. He layers colors to create both razor-sharp, and gauzy soft textures that harmoniously coexist in his work. This is perhaps best exemplified in his piece entitled Movements in Red. His colorful blending of passionate color with abstraction reveals his physical involvement in the work—the paint has been applied with fervor, leaving behind a verifiable artistic signature as testimony for the viewer.

Zorn’s striking paintings draw us into an enigmatic and sensual world of fantasy, seduction, and spirit. His work often appears formalist in its concerns; aesthetically the artist is equally drawn to isolated and quiet places—as he is to crowds and chaos. The one strand linking the various facets of Zorn’s work is his overwhelming sense of fluidity, swelling brushstroke, and his sumptuous approach to applying paint on canvas.