middleworlds
February 15, 2008- March 15, 2008
Reception: February 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
526 W 26th St
Michael Steinberg Fine Art presents a new series of paintings by New York-based artist
Les Joynes.
Painted with rich, opulent colors, Joynes works weave references to mythical environments: cavecities,
totemic white-feathered birds, and lace-collared creatures that are symbolic of transcendent
environments he identifies as middleworlds.
The works are reminiscent of an archaeological excavation where almost-recognized objects are
subsumed in multiple strata. One encounters in each of his paintings a complex, fluid and multi-layered
universe that teeters on the edge of consciousness and peers towards abstraction.
Les Joynes was born in Southern California. He studied fine art at Central
Saint Martins College of Art, London and completed an M.A. Fine Art at
Goldsmiths College London in 1997. He is presently researching entropy and
formlessness in contemporary art on the doctoral program at Leeds School
of Contemporary Art in the UK.
His work has been included in numerous exhibitions including Sandra Bürgel
Gallery, Berlin; Nylon Gallery, London; Barbican Concourse Gallery; ArtSee,
New York; London; Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo; The Art Center/Art and Culture Foundation, Seoul; Romo
Gallery, Atlanta; Alliance Française, Bangkok; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and
Maejima Art Center/AIT Tactical Museum, Japan.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show| Location | map | | Gallery | Michael Steinberg Fine Art | | Address | 526 W 26th St, #215 New York (Chelsea) NY, 10001 United States | | Phone | 212-924-5770 | | Fax | 212-924-6232 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 11-6 | |
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