Life Partner
dal 20/3/2008 al 12/4/2008
Segnalato da
20/3/2008
Life Partner
McCaig-Welles Gallery, New York
On display a collection of works based on a collaboration between Travis Lindquist and Jason Douglas Griffin. They began this project with weekly sessions working on mixed media collage, drawings on paper, and paintings on canvas.
The McCaig-Welles Gallery is pleased to present an
exhibition of new works by artist Jason Douglas Griffin
and Travis Lindquist titled "Life Partner." The exhibition
will open with a reception on Friday, March 21st,
from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
The collaboration between Lindquist and Griffin has
been manifesting for a year. They began work on Life
Partner with weekly sessions working on mixed media
collage, drawings on paper, and paintings on canvas.
The marriage of Lindquist's distinct expressive lines
and painterly strokes matched with Griffin's tight, yet
gracefully thoughtful drawing and painting style make
for a successful visual recording of an ongoing
conversation between the two.
A piece begins with a
stroke of color, a found photograph, a transfer of
image and is developed through the constant
exchange from Lindquist and Griffin. They have, in a
sense, created their own version of the exquisite
corpse, a method adapted and imposed by artists
and musicians alike and continuously redefining the
notion of the collaboration.
This partnership has
allowed each of the artists to work beyond the self-
imposed boundaries and restrictions of their solo
work, which becomes apparent in the freedom of the
context as well as the inhibition of delivery in formal
elements. This method implemented by Lindquist
and Griffin has provided them with pieces not so
concerned with the preciousness of the work but
establishing work without fear and reservation with a
sense of frankness that is refreshing and powerful.
The sense of crassness, poignant humor, and ironic
self-awareness is apparent through their work and
has been made triumphant through the meticulous
editing process Lindquist and Griffin practice upon
finishing a series of collaborative efforts for that
particular session. The two produce hundreds of
drawings in each collaborative meeting and editing
and curating the work is just as important, if not more
important to the cohesiveness of the work. The result
of the methodology imposed by the duo has resulted
in successful groupings of thoughtful resonance.
This is the first show of Lindquist's and Griffin's
collaborations. The exhibition will open with a reception
on March 21, 2008 at McCaig Welles Gallery.
Reception Friday, March 21st, 2008 from 7:00- 10:00pm.
McCaig-Welles Gallery
129 Roebling Street - New York
Free admission