BLACKARTPROJECTS & MARK WHALEN PRESENT
PECULIARITIES LIAR
B L A C K
PECULIARITIES Stand MP105 Melbourne Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building Carlton, Victoria 13 - 17 August, 2014
PECULIARITIES Peculiarities unveils the inner machinations of Australian born, Los Angeles based artist Mark Whalen’s mind. Using a tightly controlled painting technique, Whalen expresses satirical social narratives in seemingly universal situations. Strange hooded characters caught in the throes of ambiguous actions, shimmering trees, geometric patterns, architectural anomalies and intricate textural beads of color collide in kaleidoscopic intensity, at once immaculately composed and careening out of control. His use of sly oppositions reflects life's puzzling duality; evoking dark humor through luminous color, chaos through controlled detail and the sublime through the specific - a seductive synesthesia that sheds new light on humanity: which, like his works, is both erotic and oppressive, vibrant and reclusive, beautiful and uncanny.
Room of knowledge (2013) mixed media on resin coated board 4 panels, 120 x 90 cm overall
I’ll meet you in the middle (2013) mixed media on resin coated board 6 panels, 120 x 135 cm overall
Room of thoughts (2014) mixed media on resin coated board 57 cm d
Paths through geometry Vol.1 (2014) glazed ceramic 27 x 19 cm
Paths through geometry Vol.1 (detail) glazed ceramic 27 x 19 cm
Paths through geometry Vol.1 (verso, detail) glazed ceramic 27 x 19 cm
Process of elimination (2014) mixed media on resin coated board 57 cm d
Paths through geometry Vol.2 (2014) glazed ceramic 27 x 19 cm
Paths through geometry Vol.2 (verso) glazed ceramic 27 x 19 cm
Infinity swimmers (2014) mixed media on resin coated board 57 cm d
Paths through geometry Vol.3 (2014) glazed ceramic 27 x 19 cm
Paths through geometry Vol.3 (detail) glazed ceramic 27 x 19 cm
Art collectors (2014) mixed media on resin coated board 57 cm d
Journey to the centre (2014) woven jacquard, steel pole 182 x 122 cm
Lights out (2013) mixed media on resin coated board 32 cm d
Studio image courtesy of Su Yung Choi Catalogue text courtesy of ZERO+ Publishing © ZERO+ Publishing First Edition 2011 “The Paradox of Progress” ISBN: 978-1-937222-00-0
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