18/5/2011
Anthony Titus
Museum 52, New York
Base Illusions. The exhibition features a new series of paintings based on his ongoing exploration of painting and sculpture. Titus is certain that, at an early age, he saw a spoon inexplicably fly across the room and strike the window of his parent's fourteenth floor apartment in Coney Island.
Museum 52 is delighted to present Anthony Titus' second solo exhibition
with the gallery. The exhibition features a new series of paintings based
on his ongoing exploration of painting and sculpture.
Titus is certain that, at an early age, he saw a spoon inexplicably fly
across the room and strike the window of his parent's fourteenth floor
apartment in Coney Island. Outside the window, from his elevated
perspective, he could see nothing but the abstract expanse of the ocean. It
was as if the water or an additional spectral energy was controlling the
spoon and transforming its purpose.
Titus is interested in the nuts and bolts of making an abstract painting.
He is drawn towards the possibility of democratizing and freeing the
process, allowing every element to be considered equally: the paint, the
way it is applied, the stretcher bars, the canvas et cetera. Titus does not
place conscious emphasis on any one element aside from his final intention
of producing a painting. Each piece becomes a series of idiosyncratic
decisions, each choice carefully leading to another. Despite his
egalitarian beginnings certain elements become emphasized creating clear
distinctions in each work.
The result is a gestural series of canvases that subtly explore painting
and its plastic potential. The pieces reflect Titus' process and his
physical involvement within it. These are very personal works reflecting
not only his original objectives, but also his distinct approach to those
goals. Titus is interested in taking the singular form of a painting (an
undeniably distinct idea) and exploring alternative perceptions of it and
the elements that form it. As he blurs the lines between objective and
subjective observation he provides the viewer the opportunity to do the
same.
Opening May 19, 2011, 6 - 8 pm
Museum 52
4 East 2nd Street at Bowery - New York USA
Wednesday - Sunday 12 - 6pm
free admission