Team Macho “New Work, New Jerseys”
Gitler &
[Image: Team Macho "New Work, New Jerseys" (2015) gouache and colored pencil on paper, 10x14 in.]
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Gitler &_____ presents New Work, New Jerseys, from Canadian artist collective Team Macho. Comprised of members Nicholas Aoki, Stephen Appleby-Barr, Christopher Buchan, and Lauchie Reid, the Toronto-based artists will be exhibiting approximately 30 new mixed-media works on paper.
Commensurate with the collective’s past shows, each piece of New Work, New Jerseys bears the contributions, in a sense, from multiple members of Team Macho. Designed to subvert any sense of singular authorship, their production is a collaborative form of process art by which an individual paints a portrait or scene informed by elements from his compatriots’ portfolios. The result is an endless reinterpretation of each other’s point of view.
Surrealistic portraits and horizon-less landscapes abound, wherein a variety of animal, mineral and plant fill the void. The visual components of each work, however thematic or peripheral, become a pleasant surprise to both viewer and creator. The unspoken element that is conversely integral to Team Macho’s process is their piecemeal approach to collaboration; every member has contributed to each work even if someone’s hand never touches the actual work.
Team Macho’s recent work includes solo exhibitions with Narwhal Contemporary in Toronto; installations at The Art Gallery of Ontario; inclusion in the Painting Project, a survey of Contemporary Canadian painting at the Galerie I’UQAM in Montreal; and exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, and Amsterdam.
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Schedule
from July 21, 2015 to August 31, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-07-21 from 18:00 to 21:00