Structure and Imagery

Rubens Ghenov and Marina Adams Rob de Oude, Laurel Sucsy, and Rubens Ghenov From the Press Release: Crosstown Arts is pleased to present "Between the Eyes," a group show about contemporary abstract painting and how we see it.  Just as the relationships of pitch and duration can express emotion in music, the formal relationships of hue, value, shape, and placement can collect to create meaning in abstract painting. Featuring the work of six painters exploring distinct modes of abstraction, the exhibition examines the way each artist uses deliberate choices to engage us in the experience of looking. Fo rmal cues such as gesture, color and the use of found objects prompt us to recognize patterns and attribute meaning to certain behaviors. Physicality contends with the pictorial as we both decipher and project meaning into the space of abstract forms. A short video interview with curator, Laurel Sucsy.   Rubens Ghenov, Marina Adams, Rob de Oud...

Pentimenti Gallery

Double Cross , 2012, colored pencil on paper, 8 x 8 in. Mi O Minus , 2012, oil on panel, 14 x 14 in. Mono Para , 2012, oil on panel, 14 x 14 in. Orange Realigned , 2012, oil on panel, 16 x 16 in. From the press release: Rob de Oude makes straight lines bend. He achieves this perceptual effect through a rigorous and meticulous painting process, layering and weaving matrices of straight lines until, between the contrasting colors and crisscrossing patterns, grids begin to bow and warp. This visual slight, a more painterly and maximalist type of Op art, tricks the eye through sheer ocular overload. In an age of unabated visional stimulation, these super-imposed networks speak of digital delirium, increased connectivity between disparate points and, perhaps most crucially, unbridled visual pleasure. Much like a web — whether of fiber-optic cables or spider-spun silk — de Oude’s compositions have a seductive power that’s difficult to escape. Indee...

Storefron Bushwick's new location @ 16 Wilson Avenue Gary Peterson, 2011, Plastic Picture, acrylic and oil on masonite, 20 x 16 in. Halsey Hathaway, 2011, Better Me Than You, acrylic on dyed canvas, 50 x 40 in. Installation view. Gary Peterson (l) and Halsey Hathaway, Underhand, 2011, acrylic on dyed canvas, 50 x 40 in. Gary Peterson, 2011, Back from Somewhere, acrylic and oil on panel, 30 x 24 in. Gary Peterson, 2011, Lose Yourself, The Things I miss, Green Light, all: acrylic and oil on masonite, 20 x 16 in. Halsey Hathaway, 2011, Overhand, acrylic on dyed canvas, 50 x 40 in. Gary Peterson, 2011, Make an Appearance, Long Gone, Update, acrylic and gouache on masonite, 10 x 8 in. Gary Peterson, 2010, Crossover, and Near to You, acrylic and gouache on masonite, 10 x 8 in. Installation view. Project Space: Rob de Oude Rob de Oude, Goldilocks Zone, 2011, oil and acrylic on panel, 16 x 16 in. Rob de Oude, 2011, ...