Jason Williams REVOK “_systems_cont.”

Jason Williams REVOK “_systems_cont.”

Allouche Gallery

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Allouche Gallery presents _systems_cont., featuring works by the American contemporary artist Jason Williams, also known as REVOK. This exhibition will be the artist’s first solo show in New York since 2013.

The pieces on display at Allouche Gallery both honor and pivot from REVOK’s long history as a legendary graffiti writer. He repurposes tools and materials, many of which are traditionally used for the creation of, or to remove, graffiti art. Some of these items include spray cans and markers, as well as handmade roller tools, a custom-made spray-paint apparatus, aluminum street signs, and traditional canvases.

The exhibition’s title, _systems_cont., references the deliberately obscure combination and intertwining of REVOK’s production processes and personal methods. He creates repetitive patterns that could only be made with both mechanical and manual techniques. For example, he’s handled eight bottles of spray-paint simultaneously with the use of his custom-made spray-paint device, resulting in an assemblage of ambiguous linear patterns that he calls “Instrument Exercises.”

“Self Portraits” are another one of REVOK’s structurally recognizable elements. The artist up-cycles the industrial drop cloths that once covered the floor of his art studio collecting mixed media from his projects over the months or years. He mounts each of the vibrant cloths onto a unicolor canvas. These works represent the artists’ artistic processes over time in an intimate and genuine manner.

Another one of REVOK’s identifiable components is presented in the artist’s “Loop Paintings.” Inspired by Frank Stella’s Black Series of the 1960s, REVOK uses paint rollers wound in tape specific to each painting to create his geometric artworks. When the roller spins, the tape rips and falls to form the imperfect structures—a reminder of the human behind the system.

Media

• Painting

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