(Drivebycuriosity) - Contemporary Art is full of discoveries. On a walk on Broadway south of Canal Street I spotted an amazing show. Gallery Shrine exhibited the wild paintings by Thomas Dillon. The show is called "Manic Womb Phantasies". The title "was borrowed from a book Dillon came across (Hidden Order of Art by Anton Ehrenzweig, May 1971)" (shrine.nyc).
On top of this post you can see "The Seeker" (2023, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 60 in) followed by "Don't Stare" ( 2022, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 64 in); "Big Brain Lovers" (2023, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 in) & "Lover with a Lovebird" (2022, acrylic on canvas, 74 x 60 in).
Above this paragraph follow "Night Nurse" (2022, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 in) &"The Newly Weds" (2022, acrylic on canvas, 98 x 74 in)
The press release reports: "Each of Thomas Dillon's paintings begins with a meditation; 30 minutes of calm and clarity before a storm of pent up creative energy is released onto canvas. He dives into each work free of conscious thought, deeply embracing a fluid medium as he conjures forms" ( shrine).
The press release also explains: "To create his iconic characters, Thomas Dillon works horizontally and layers loose acrylic paint across his canvases by pouring (and throwing) pools of color across the surfaces, which quickly intermix with their neighboring hues. He attempts to direct and orchestrate the wet paint with sticks and other nontraditional painting tools, or by skillfully tilting and shifting the canvases as they are drying, but paint will be paint and much of the ending result is out of the artist’s hands".
To be continued
No comments:
Post a Comment