Daniel Rich “Systematic Anarchy”
Peter Blum Gallery
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Daniel Rich’s new body of work continues to examine how the reproduction and proliferation of images shape our perception of physical structures and the ideologies that they embody. By translating found images into paintings, Rich seeks to call attention to implicit political and social narratives transcribed in the built environment.
According to Rich, a pervasive theme in his work is the “highly symbolic role architecture plays in politics and its power to function as a vehicle for the inscription of history.” The artist’s meticulous and systematic approach to the making of the paintings mimics the construction of the architectural forms that he depicts. The result is a densely layered surface where each form in the sourced image corresponds to a mapped out and stenciled shape of color in the painting.
The completed paintings address the viewer first as a precise patchwork of form and color, then as a criticism of the edifice of representation, and finally—as a depository for the artist’s ongoing meditations on the fragile and fallible political, social, and economic systems that shape the individual’s relationship to the world.
[Image: Daniel Rich “Lloyd’s of London” (2014) acrylic on dibond panel 68 x 59 1/2 in.]
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Schedule
from January 23, 2014 to March 15, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-01-23 from 18:00 to 20:00