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September 7, 2006- October 14, 2006
Reception: September 7, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Augusto Arbizo
Roebling Hall
606 W 26th St Augusto Arbizo Rise and Fall |
Taking the Rorschach Test¾a psychological test in which a subject's interpretations of abstract designs are analyzed as an indication of personality traits, preoccupations and conflicts¾as a starting point, Arbizo works formless blots into ever more refined shapes through the use of flat, gradated color as well as a signature method of repeated patterning. Informed and inspired by, among others, the prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, 60s color-field abstractions, the Viennese designs of Dagobert Peche, and the disparate but related works of Burchfield, Agnes Pelton, and Hilma af Klimt, Arbizo’s expanding and inward-looking forms variously appear as simplified landscapes or nature-inspired designs. Denoting, among other things, the presence of a certain romantic, even occult sensibility, Augusto Arbizo’s new works present simple accidental shapes in the guise of orchids, raucously colored forms that remain, above all, gorgeously open to the eye.
Augusto Arbizo’s previous solo exhibitions include a ‘White Room’ at White Columns, NY; Sandra Gering Gallery, NY; and Michael Steinberg Fine Art, NY. Group exhibitions include P.S.1 / MoMA, ‘The Queens International’ at The Queens Museum; ‘Painting as Paradox’ at Artists Space; and ‘Giverny’ at Salon 94, NY.
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