Figuration Through Abstraction

Dan Attoe, Loriel Beltrán, Kate Bickmore, Deborah Brown, Glenn Brown, William Buchina, Sam Creasey, László von Dohnányi, Vinicius Gerheim, Baris Gokturk, Jeffrey Meris, Paulina Nolte, Philip Pearlstein, Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Gonçalo Preto, Sam Stabler, Kyle Staver, Hank Willis Thomas, Maria Vmier, Zio Ziegler

We are delighted to present Figuration Through Abstraction, a group exhibition bringing together works by 20 artists. This show of wall-mounted works brings together a diverse contingent of contemporary artists. Each artist in the show negotiates the dichotomy between faithfully capturing their chosen subject and imbuing their respective hand in the process of creation.

Brushwork, when taken at close proximity, can lend to a wholly varied form of representation than when observing the overarching composition. We see this particularly in the work of Deborah Brown, Philip Pearlstein, Kyle Staver, and Zio Ziegler. Less tangibly, the artists in Figuration through Abstraction tease out abstracted realities: forms take shape in worlds not quite our own, much like their Surrealist forebears. Here, we look to William Buchina, Sam Creasey, László von Dohnányi, Paulina Nolte, and Alejandro Piñeiro Bello.