Paul Cowan Exhibition
Clifton Benevento
This event has ended.
A large painted wall casually leans in the space. One side is infused with a bergamot essential oil and the other, a bergamot perfume oil. The wall sets the stage for affect and effect.
A new series of white monochrome paintings, including Untitled (flower), bear minimal trace of their interaction with the mimes that were invited topaint them. Seemingly blank and all alike, the paintings were produced with the same intention that we use to consume the work. They rely on externalforces by inviting viewers to use their unique set of visual vocabulary to conjure and sustain the images proposed by the titles.
Colorful bistro furniture extends the composition off the canvas and in to the space. One seat is intermittently held for Untitled (Man on phone #1). Completely mute yet full of conversation, a background actor carries on a silent conversation with someone somewhere else.
Taken as a workshop, the exhibition endeavors to displace content and audience by triggering an emotional dissonance so as to better understand our relationship with painting.
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Schedule
from November 01, 2014 to December 20, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-11-01 from 17:00 to 19:00