Lain York
statement:
The paintings are influenced by documentary photography found in museum/auction catalogues and archeological sites. The surfaces carry the record of the many stages the paintings go through and follow a tradition of burying and applying elements in order to activate their potential. The image exists somewhere between the excavated surface and the added elements. This is an attempt to deal with the intangible through physical and ordered means.
I like the idea of the lost or misinterpreted cultural record.
education:
BA University of Tennessee
Selected Collections:
The Savannah College of Art and Design
Tennessee State Museum
The Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission
Trans-Financial Bank, Nashville, TN
EMI, Los Angeles, CA
Private Collections
exhibitions:
Selections from the National Gallery
Isolation Drills
Exhibit Your Symptom
A Cluttered Landscape
Ahead of Ourselves
Art on the Edge
Conversations with Ouattara
Presence of Mind II
Rituals: A Benefit for the Elephant Sanctuary
Salient Point
Straight-line Ending
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