Michael Ashkin “Dismal Dreaming”
Cathouse FUNeral
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Cathouse presents a dual gallery solo exhibition of recent works by Michael Ashkin spanning both our FUNeral and Proper spaces. Dismal Dreaming opens first at Cathouse FUNeral with a new material direction for the artist, constructed photo spray-paintings. The new paintings on corrugated cardboard and course grit sandpaper evoke interior and exterior views of industrial or institutional settings that are installed, here, with a sensitivity to narrative. Mostly black and white, the paintings are not realistic, but rather deceptively photographic, and are carefully constructed with layered stenciling techniques that leave a trace in paint of what is depicted (a miniature light post, a rendered parapet). With this exhibition, Ashkin brings his already formative engagement with photography, sculpture, installation and video to bear on the language of painting.
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Schedule
from March 26, 2016 to May 01, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-03-26 from 19:00 to 22:00