GREG FADELL | Agalma
November 20, 2015 - January 2, 2016
November 20, 2015 - January 2, 2016
"Untitled", 2015, Duct Tape on Baltic Birch panel, 36 x 30 inches
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Barbara Davis Gallery is pleased to announce Agalma, a solo exhibition by Detroit-based artist Greg Fadell, opening Friday, November 20, 2015, with an artist’s reception from 6:00 - 8:00pm. This exhibition is on view through January 2, 2016.
Greg Fadell combines notions of aesthetic relevance with serendipitous virtue in his latest exhibition Agalma. The primary medium of this body of work is duct tape—pressure sensitive adhesive material that historically evolved from strips of cotton duck cloth to the more commonly recognizable scrim-backed tape that we all know today. By using this material, Fadell is drawing on the tape’s historical lineage with canvas as artist material as well as its cultural and literal plasticity as a “fix-all” material. Notions of scarification and entropy are evident in the scrapes and abrasions that cut into the works’ surfaces, and expose Fadell’s aesthetic allegiance to skateboarding and his hometown of Detroit. The imposed destruction lives surrounded by literalness and allegory. Thus, there are no simple answers to his Lacanian clash between the “real” and the “symbolic”, and Fadell is comfortable in that complexity. His paintings and sculptures are the carnage of this conflict for aesthetic truth, which has no finite resolution. Fadell presents these objects not only as evidence of his engagement, but also as evolved “offerings” of visual knowledge.
About the artist:
Greg Fadell lives and works in Detroit, Michigan. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. His solo exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), curated by Jens Hoffmann, and Re:View Contemporary in Detroit, MI. His selected group exhibitions include MOCAD, Detroit, MI; Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France; Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI; Venice Biennale, Luciano Benetton Foundation / Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Italy; and UICA (Urban Institute of Contemporary Art), Grand Rapids, MI. Fadell was recently featured in New American Paintings (Issue 119, 2015).
Click here to view more examples of Fadell's work.
Agalma opens Friday, November 20, with an artist's reception from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Artist will be in attendance. This exhibition is on view November 20 through January 2, 2016. For more information, please contact Barbara Davis Gallery at 713.520.9200 or info@barbaradavisgallery.com
Greg Fadell combines notions of aesthetic relevance with serendipitous virtue in his latest exhibition Agalma. The primary medium of this body of work is duct tape—pressure sensitive adhesive material that historically evolved from strips of cotton duck cloth to the more commonly recognizable scrim-backed tape that we all know today. By using this material, Fadell is drawing on the tape’s historical lineage with canvas as artist material as well as its cultural and literal plasticity as a “fix-all” material. Notions of scarification and entropy are evident in the scrapes and abrasions that cut into the works’ surfaces, and expose Fadell’s aesthetic allegiance to skateboarding and his hometown of Detroit. The imposed destruction lives surrounded by literalness and allegory. Thus, there are no simple answers to his Lacanian clash between the “real” and the “symbolic”, and Fadell is comfortable in that complexity. His paintings and sculptures are the carnage of this conflict for aesthetic truth, which has no finite resolution. Fadell presents these objects not only as evidence of his engagement, but also as evolved “offerings” of visual knowledge.
About the artist:
Greg Fadell lives and works in Detroit, Michigan. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. His solo exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), curated by Jens Hoffmann, and Re:View Contemporary in Detroit, MI. His selected group exhibitions include MOCAD, Detroit, MI; Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France; Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI; Venice Biennale, Luciano Benetton Foundation / Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Italy; and UICA (Urban Institute of Contemporary Art), Grand Rapids, MI. Fadell was recently featured in New American Paintings (Issue 119, 2015).
Click here to view more examples of Fadell's work.
Agalma opens Friday, November 20, with an artist's reception from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Artist will be in attendance. This exhibition is on view November 20 through January 2, 2016. For more information, please contact Barbara Davis Gallery at 713.520.9200 or info@barbaradavisgallery.com
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