"Ellipse, a partial inventory of the West." Exhibition in Gallery A3

"Ellipse, a partial inventory of the West" presents the work of almost two dozen artists from Europe and the USA, experimenting with current trends in abstract art.

This review should be considered both unconditionally fragmented and very personal. The very task of delivering this exhibition to Moscow (from places very far from one another) naturally made the theme of materiality and transportability the leitmotif of a number of the presented works; this was most evident in Guillermo Pfaff’s series “figurative paintings” - in the subject and purpose, on which he worked for a certain time.

Other exhibitors - Catherine Bremmermann, Kevin Mono, Lei Marshall, Maybritt Ulvedal Bielke, proposed works using the folding and unfolding states for the exhibition, while works by Vincent Hawkins, Wilma Wissers and pencil graffiti by Yannika Peerna unfold using their surrounding space; Olivia Bucks will create site-specific installations from pre-prepared items brought with her.

Lei Marshall

Some authors intentionally use the obvious transportability of the material (like Don Voisin, writing on polystyrene foam), or, as in the case of a sculpture made of tennis balls by Michael Voss, rely on its primary function, which was originally embodied in the movement. Beach and Wissers often transform found objects that have already traveled in a certain way.

Don Voisin

The deployment theme is interspersed with small, more classic, works on canvas. These artists cover a whole spectrum of abstraction - from sharply sensual paintings by David Rhodes and energetic geometric things by Stephen Beale to abstract portraits of John Millet bordering on figurativeness, and a series of “windows” by Stephen Day, which clearly have something in common with aviation windows.

David Rhodes

Stephen day

Stephen Beale

The exhibition presents a rather vivid and diverse series of works, testifying to the fruitfulness of the mutual exchange of influences between various artistic fields at the international level.

The name Ellipse refers both to the circular form of dialogue that connects many of these artists (in a more or less extended form), and to the geometric meaning of the word - the exhibition is a slice of the saturated field of modern abstract art.

Olivia Bucks (London) - Stephen Beale (San Francisco) - John Beech (New York) - Catherine Bremermann (Berlin) - Stephen Day (New York) - Vincent Hawkins (London) - Erin Lawlor (London) - Jaanika Peerna (New York) - Guillermo Pfaff (Barcelona) - Lay Marshall (New York) - Jacob Melchi (Los Angeles) - John Millet (Los Angeles) - Kevin Mono (Mainz) - Maybritt Ulvedal Bielke (Sant Leonards) - David Rhodes (New York) - Wilma Vissers (Groningen) - Don Voisin (Brooklyn) - Michael Voss (New York)

The exhibition runs from October 16 to November 2, 2014.

Gallery A3 Address:

119002, Russia, Moscow, Starokonyushenny per., 39

Contacts

Phone: 8 (495) 691-84-84

Website - www.a3gallery.ru