Wendell Gladstone “Simple Machines”
Kravets/Wehby Gallery
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In his most recent body of work, Wendell Gladstone meditates on power structures and the architecture that defines their hierarchies. A chaotic mix of disjointed figures, brightly hued wooden apparatuses, opaque and transparent layers of color, and meandering wire structures are combined to depict fragments of stories that can’t be entirely known.
Gladstone’s compositions are dense and turbulent, while simultaneously having rhythm and order. Formal shifts in scale, color, transparency, and texture act to blur focal points and create multiplicity. Separate tangents and dialogues arise wherever the viewer’s eye happens to land, only to give way and shift again when taking in the whole composition. Diverse sources that range from Greek mythology to tribal masks of Papua New Guinea and vernacular of European fisherman’s homes further obfuscate meaning. A polymorphic language is spoken within the paintings, hinting that an underlying intent exists.
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Schedule
from September 04, 2014 to October 11, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-09-04 from 18:00 to 20:00