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Gridlist Group Exhibition Allegra la Viola Gallery New York 14 Mar to 14 April 2012 |
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Patrick Morrissey, Hanz Hancock, Mick Frangou, Francis Farmer, William Hughes, Paul Corio, Karen Schifano, Nate Ethier, Mark Sengbusch, Allie Rex, Jeffrey Mathews, David E. Peterson, Joseph Bernard, Stacy Fisher, Tracy Thomason, Ian Swanson, Linda Francis. |
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The grid is the mother of all things terrestrial – birthed from outer space. Gravity = vertical. Land = horizontal. The two, combined, form a right angle. Multiply to form a grid. This natural geometry existed billions of years before man. Man stands upright in defiance of gravity, although grounded by it. He realized the equation “vertical + horizontal = a right angle” and applied it to everything from architecture to fashion. The grid has been passed down from early man; from cave walls, to stone tablets, to papyrus; from agriculture, architecture and weaving to the roads and computers of today. We feel it directly: gravity still drops a vertical line – rain, apples and basketballs all fall to meet the horizontal land. The right angle is alive and well today, as it was at the earth’s birth. The artist draws from the imbedded and inherent grid. |
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Grid List presents 17 artists, 14 working in geometric abstraction, and three working quite ‘gridless’ (can the grid be active behind the image?) Their conceptual fodder ranges from sports, math, science and film, to graphic design and video games. |
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College for Creative Studies 301 Frederick Douglass Detroit, MI 48202 USA |
