Edelman Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of works on paper by Doug Argue. Admired for the spectacularly complex panoply of geometry and color in both oil paintings and gouache (the principal medium of the exhibition), Argue's virtuosic style has earned major awards and critical acclaim since his New York debut at the New Museum in 1984 and his inclusion in such important public collections as the Weisman Art Museum and the Walker Art Center in his native Minnesota. Argue subtly integrates letters and complete words in fluid, gestural cascades of elegantly controlled strands of color that convey a remarkable sense of motion. As the artist told the London-based magazine Ambit, "I shape and create the letters I use and print vinyl stencils for each one. One of the things I have always loved about painting is how from far away one sees an image, let's say a face, and when you get close it breaks down into brush strokes. Up close, my images convert into letters."
