Justin Adian "Come and Take It"
Blackston
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Blackston presents Come and Take It, Justin Adian's second solo exhibition at the gallery.
Adian's latest series of abstract, shaped, protrusive oil paintings on canvas tightly stretched over foam continue to evince his precise and experimental command of form, proportion and composition.
The surfaces, painted in monochromatic hues of varying degrees of brightness and sheen, activate and reveal painterly concerns across the shape and depth of the canvas. A robust physicality presents itself in the meeting of paint with the canvas's puckers and contours.
Frequently comprising two or more distinctively shaped elements to form a single cohesive piece, the artist's work comfortably straddles the theoretical divide between painting and sculpture with wry assertiveness.
Rooted in Abstract and Minimalist traditions, Adian's paintings embody a pioneering, if not punk rock, spirit - demonstrating an effervescence, looseness and playfulness in their unique composition and unexpected colors.
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Schedule
from April 29, 2012 to June 08, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-04-29 from 18:00 to 20:00