Doug Argue "Catch My Drift"
Haunch of Venison
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Haunch of Venison announces Catch My Drift, a solo exhibition by Doug Argue curated by Lily Alexander.
Minnesota-born artist Doug Argue will present four monumental conceptual paintings in the main gallery. Argue is best known for his large-scale abstract paintings that explore infinite space with a scientific and mathematical foundation. Argue often incorporates text—as he equates letters to atoms—and rearranges them, constructing new meanings to found writing. A highlight of the exhibition is Argue’s Genesis that measures roughly 13 by 19 feet and evokes the cosmos, but with closer inspection reveals distorted text. Argue appropriated letters from the book of Genesis, which he then altered in Photoshop and reassembled onto the painting to form a celestial-like, infinite image. In Hither and Thithering Waters of Night, referencing James Joyce, Argue features deconstructed text from Melville’s Moby Dick and warped Captcha text—the computer test that differentiates humans from Internet bots—as a stand-in for brushstrokes. The paintings evoke visual data streams or flowing water, resulting in a dizzying and ethereal quality.
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Schedule
from June 21, 2012 to July 13, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-06-21 from 18:00 to 20:00