 Pleasures Renewed My Sigh, 2007 oil on canvas, 48 1/2 x 60 1/2 inches Matt Bollinger The Hypnotism Plane Space is delighted to present "The Hypnotism", Matt Bollinger's New York debut with new oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings. Bollinger scripts and shoots video footage as source material for his paintings and works on paper. The resulting images - cropped and taken from the context of a larger narrative - maintain the characteristics of their cinematic construction. The translation of these scenes to oil, watercolor and graphite, moreover, leave the viewer with voyeuristic snap shots. Sexually charged, the spaces are layered with figures and fixtures within a bohemian lifestyle. Bollinger's vibrant palette in the paintings and watercolors seem to reflect the orgiastic abandon of the subjects, while the raw strokes of the drawings - studies, along with watercolors, for the oils - emphasize a freedom, if not a rebellion against restriction. Born in Independence, Missouri, Bollinger completed his B.F.A. in Painting and Creative Writing at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2003. In the summer of 2002, Bollinger attended the Yale University Norfolk Summer Program. He recently received his M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has exhibited work in Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Providence. Exhibition: January 5 - February 10, 2008 Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 10am - 6 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm Plane Space 102 Charles Street USA-New York, NY 10014 Telephone +1 917 606 1268 Fax +1 917 606 1265 Email info@plane-space.com www.plane-space.com |
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