On Not Knowing. Buntin's paintings in acrylic on canvas and enamel on plexiglas are visual explorations of complexity, ambiguity and understanding.
Phillip Buntin’s paintings in acrylic on canvas and enamel on Plexiglas are visual explorations of complexity, ambiguity and understanding. He explores the experiential aspects of incompleteness by creating abstract structures that are explorations between categories of thought in philosophy, science and art.
In pursuit of something elusive and unstable, layers of graphs, charts and notations taken from varied scientific sources offer copious amounts of conflicting, complex information without necessarily understanding. Always in motion or states of change, his compositions allude to our strivings and limitations when seeking to understand the phenomenal world. Buntin is interested in how we come to terms with complexity and how complex phenomena always on some level elude our grasp. Just as reality itself is ephemeral, so too are the understandings we construct in the attempt to come to terms with such complexity. Buntin says, “It is my hope that…my viewers realize through absence that our interpretations and understandings of complex phenomena are illuminating yet incomplete, and as such, are always open to reevaluation.”
Robert Henry Contemporary presents the compelling work of emerging and established local and national artists. We feature work that is both conceptually challenging and visually engaging, focusing on but not limited to minimal and conceptual abstraction.
In conjunction with Frieze Art Fair the gallery will join our neighbors in Bushwick and stay open until 10pm on Saturday, May 11th.
Gallery closed: May 25th and 26th
Opening reception on Friday, May 3rd 2013, 6 to 9pm
robert henry contemporary
56 Bogart St - Brooklyn, NY 11206
Hours: Thursday – Sunday 1pm – 6pm
and by appointment
Gallery closed for Easter holiday: March 30 & 31
Admission free