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Using my my trusty maxim, Two's a coincidence; three's a trend, I'd say we've got a trendlet. Call it "Glop Art"--paint that's slathered, plopped, squeezed and smeared. The paint companies must be so pleased.
My favorite artist in this genre is the British painter Phillip Allen, work shown above and here. I'm wild about his unlikely combination of linear geometry and schmear, which I find visually and viscerally satisfying. (The love child of Thomas Nozkowski and Scott Richter?) At first you try to connect the two disparate elements, as if the surface has been scraped to reveal the painting at the center. But no, that's not the process at all. There's no logic to why a geometric painting would require this buildup of paint at its borders, and that's part of what attracts me: the mystery--no, the oddity--of it. The other part is, damn, I just dig them.
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But the two artists artist shown below, Allison Schulnick and Kim Dorland, not so much. Sure Schulnick's solo at Mike Weiss Gallery a few months ago reportedly sold out, and I hear the sales were huge at Mark Moore's booth at Pulse. I'm not swayed. What's the opposite of 'love it'? A few booths away from Mark Moore (and let me say, the paintings themselves were beautifully installed), the Angell Gallery was showing big, sludgy paintings by Kim Dorland.
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Here, see for yourself.
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These are two of my favorite artists. The thing about Kim Dorland's work is the funky colors and perfect perspective draw you right on in to off-hand moments in everyday life. Then he slaps you in the face, with his paint slathering, to wake you up and remind you that it's all just paint. Wonderful stuff. But I think he's been ill advised and is taking a bad, wrong turn with his "portraits". Hopefully he'll snap out of it.
I've just been impressed by phillip allen.
I'd add to that bunch Leslie Wayne (with Jack Shainman Gallery -- she had a piece at the Armory Show). Her work is quite luscious indeed.
Your description of Phillip Allen as the love child of Thomas Nozkowski and Scott Richter cracked me up. What's not to love about that? Somehow I regretfully missed seeing that work, but the Armory was if anything, overwhelming.
Another two artists who 'use the paint up' are Joey Wozniak:
http://www.joeywozniak.com
and Darrell Roberts
http://darrell-roberts.com/photo_album5.html
Both are Chicago Artists, who have been using up the paint tubes for many years. Mr. Wozniak confesses his process ends up 'throwing more paint away than ends up on the canvas"
One painter way ahead of this trend is Dennis Hollingsworth-
http://www.dennishollingsworth.us/
Yes, Dennis Hollingsworth is amazing. You know how you've got your star atheletes ? Well he's a star painter who gets it right every time. Very unusual palette and yet somehow it always works.
In the last year he's tended to get a little off track(IMO) but if you ever get a chance, go back through all his archives and travel around the world and be a part of his life . . . . .
Well worth the time.
our tastes must be exactly opposite - I thought Allison Schulnick had the best work at both pulse and scope. something for everyone, I guess
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