Structure and Imagery

Paul Behnke, Phantom , 2013, acrylic on canvas, 18x18 in. On view through Nov. 9 in Meta Vista, a group show curated by Matthew Neil Gehring at 16 Wilson, Brooklyn. Very happy to have Meta Vista  reviewed by James Panero in his current Gallery Chronicle in the New Criterion . Panero covers Meta Vista in Bushwick as well as the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York; Meg Hitchcock: The Land of Bliss at Studio 10, Brooklyn; Judith Linhares and Loren Munk with Rebecca Litt at Valentine, Queens; and Scale at Life on Mars in Bushwick.  Please follow the link ( here ) to read the review. To keep up with Panero's reviews and observations on art and culture be sure to follow him on Twitter @JamesPanero  .

16 Wilson , 16 Wilson Ave, Bushwick, Brooklyn Matthew Neil Gehring Jason Karolak, Beth Gilfilen, Paul Behnke and Vincent Como ( l to r ) Jason Karolak Joan Mellon Beth Gilfilen Rebecca Murtaugh Rebecca Murtaugh (detail) Kirk Stoller Jason Karolak Matthew Neil Gehring Joan Mellon Paul Behnke Jason Karolak and Beth Gilfilen Matthew Neil Gehring and Vincent Como Paul Behnke and Joan Mellon ( center ) Matthew Neil Gehring Joan Mellon Rachel Beach Vincent Como Beth Gilfilen Opening night. Photo by Matthew Neil Gehring Opening night. Photo by Matthew Neil Gehring Meta Vista Curated by Matthew Neil Gehring Hosted by Deborah Brown With work by: Rachel Beach, Paul Behnke, Vincent Como, Matthew Neil Gehring, Beth Gilfilen,  Jason Karolak, Joan Mellon, Rebecca Murtaugh, and Kirk Stoller Runs through November 9, 2013 16 Wilson 16 Wilson Avenue Bushwick, Brooklyn, N...

(click image to enlarge) Meta Vista: Each of the artists in this exhibition generate work from a distinct point of view, but each point of view is one that is illuminated and connected by this show’s title, Meta Vista. Meta: beyond, transcendent, self referential and critical, in the abstract. Vista: an extensive mental view, a distant expanse. These artists make the invisible visible, make the real unreal, and vice-versa. Each is engaged in a practice of advanced visual art that overtly or subtly engages an existential discourse; form and formlessness, presence and absence while remembering that a vision is both an analytical tool and an intuitive experience, as well as both difficult to attain and a pleasure to apprehend.  There are echoes of a formalist modernism, but the textures, structures, forms and surfaces of these artists deal in and with the eternity and the struggle of the present. Reductive by degrees, these artists make work that challenges our perceptu...

(click to enlarge) Very happy to be included in this exhibition curated by Matthew Neil Gehring and hosted by Deborah Brown . Meta Vista October 18 - November 9, 2013 opening reception: Friday October 18, 6 - 9 PM 16 Wilson, Brooklyn, NY (formerly Storefront Bushwick) Artists: Rachel Beach, Paul Behnke, Vincent Como, Matthew Neil Gehring, Beth Gilfilen, Jason Karolak, Joan Mellon, Rebecca Murtaugh and Kirk Stoller