JOE REIHSEN FACTORy PAINT, AFTERMARKET INTERIOR

presents
JOE REIHSEN
Factory Paint, Aftermarket Interior
October 2 | November 8, 2014
Opening October 2, 2014 from 7-9 PM
Brand New Gallery is glad to announce Factory Paint, Aftermarket Interior, the first solo exhibition in Italy by American artist Joe Reihsen.
Characterized by optical illusions, with astounding juxtapositions of colored paints, vigorous and determined overlays of varnishes, Joe
Reihsen’s work exceeds the limits of the surface and of all chromatic matters and combinations. As a whole, it’s a tense and intense work,
materially determined and metaphorically romantic.
Using his peculiar composition techniques and various materials, like plaster powder and aerosol paints, Reihsen creates bidimensional chromatic waves that appear to have a great deepness. Random paint drops, a roller to spread them and a brush to customize them.
Following his own performative process, the artist obtains an abundance of dots, lines, hints and other undefined shapes that overrun the
canvas and display in astonishing, sometimes vertiginous, color variations.
The shades are often acidic, at times pastel, overwhelming and bright; the power of the brush strokes makes the viewer go behind the canvas.
This mixture is psychedelic and debilitates the contradiction between image and object, because it weakens the official intellectual abilities.
(Domenico de Chirico)
 Joe Reihsen was born in Blaine, Minnesota in 1979. Lives and work in Los Angeles, California.
Reihsen received a BFA Painting and New Genre, San Francisco Art Institute, CA, in 2005 and a MFA at University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, in 2008.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Aftermarket Interior, Factory Paint, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA (2014); Clean Title No Accidents, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
(2013); The Company, Los Angeles, CA (2011); Preview, The Company, Los Angeles, CA (2009); New Paintings, Artspace, San Francisco, CA (2005); Swamp
Machine Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2004).
Group shows include: The Go Between: Works from Ernesto Esposito Collection, curated by Eugenio Viola, Sprovieri Gallery, London, UK (2014); NEXT, Arsenal,
Montreal, QC (2014); This is the Story of America, Brand New Gallery, Milan (2013); Invite, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2009); Big Trouble in Little China,
Mountain Bar, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Flow Charting, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Reboot!, RaidFC, Venice, CA (2006); First Try (with Christpher
Meerdo), Warehouse 1310, San Francisco, CA (2005); Truck You, ArtSpace Chicago, Chicago, IL (2005).
Brand New Gallery
via Farini 32, 20159 Milano
t. +39.02.89.05.30.8
from Tuesday to Saturday
11.00am-1.00pm|2.30-7.00pm
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www.brandnew-gallery.com
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presenta
JOE REIHSEN
Factory Paint, Aftermarket Interior
2 ottobre | 8 novembre 2014
Opening 2 ottobre 2014 ore 19-21
Brand New Gallery è lieta di annunciare la prima mostra personale in Italia dell’artista americano Joe Reihsen dal titolo “Factory Paint, Aftermarket Interior”.
Caratterizzato da giochi d’illusione ottica mediante strabilianti accostamenti di vernici colorate e decise e vigorose sovrapposizioni delle
stesse, il lavoro di Joe Reihsen supera i limiti di superficie e di tutte le questioni cromatiche e di accostamento. È un lavoro, nel suo complesso,
teso e intenso, matericamente deciso e metaforicamente romantico.
Utilizzando le sue particolari tecniche compositive e vari materiali tra cui polvere di gesso e vernici aerosol, Reihsen crea delle trame cromatiche bidimensionali che allusivamente risultano avere una grande profondità. Gocce di vernici casuali, un rullo per diffonderle e un pennello
per personalizzarle.
A seguito di questo personale processo performativo, l’artista ottiene un tripudio di punti, linee, venature e forme indefinite che sconfinano
dalla tela e si esibiscono in stupefacenti, a volte vertiginose, variazioni di colore. Le tonalità sono spesso acide, a volte pastello, travolgenti e
luminose e il vigore delle pennellate rende la trama travalicante, in movimento. La mistura è psichedelica e debilita l’antinomia tra immagine
e oggetto poiché indebolisce le capacità ufficiali intellettive.
(Domenico de Chirico)
 Joe Reihsen è nato a Blaine in Minnesota nel 1979. Vive e lavora a Los Angeles.
Ha conseguito un BFA presso il San Francisco Art Institute nel 2005, e nel 2008 un MFA presso l’Università della California, Santa Barbara.
Mostre personali selezionate: Aftermarket Interior, Factory Paint, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA (2014); Clean Title No Accidents, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
(2013); The Company, Los Angeles, CA (2011); Preview, The Company, Los Angeles, CA (2009); New Paintings, Artspace, San Francisco, CA (2005); Swamp
Machine Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2004).
Tra le mostre collettive: The Go Between: Lavori dalla Collezione Ernesto Esposito, a cura di Eugenio Viola, Sprovieri Gallery, Londra, UK (2014); NEXT, Arsenal,
Montreal, QC (2014); This is the Story of America, Brand New Gallery, Milano (2013); Invite, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2009); Big Trouble in Little China,
Mountain Bar, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Flow Charting, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Reboot!, RaidFC, Venice, CA (2006); First Try (con Christpher
Meerdo), Warehouse 1310, San Francisco, CA (2005); Truck You, ArtSpace Chicago, Chicago, IL (2005).
Brand New Gallery
via Farini 32, 20159 Milano
t. +39.02.89.05.30.8
da martedì a sabato
11.00-13.00|14.30-19.00
[email protected]
www.brandnew-gallery.com
PRESS OFFICE
[email protected]

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