This past Thursday, Team Gallery opened two drastically different shows by artists Davis Rhodes and Andreas Schulze. Located around the corner from one another, the simultaneous openings amplified each others’ buzz as guests told each other “This is crazy, but you should see what’s around the corner!” Gallery owner José Freire has succeeded in his mission to exhibit work that encompasses entire artistic spectrums by pairing these two exhibitions that are undeniably antithetical, yet complimentary.
Upon walking into Davis Rhodes’ exhibit Untitled ‘12, you are immediately immersed in his bright, bare world of art. Rhodes’ imposing foam board paintings stand and lean throughout the room. Monolithic, monochromatic rectangles of muted beige, off-white, and black, the pieces differ most importantly in their spray paint treatments, which cause each foam board to warp and reflect the light in a different way. These acts of chemical and physical transformation have rendered the once-identical foam boards unique. Ultimately, this series plays with space, shape, uniformity, and setting.
Compared to Rhodes’ sparse, minimalistic display, Schulze’s work is an explosion of expression. Reminiscent of movements as diverse as Surrealism, Expressionism, Bauhaus and Dada, Ohne Titel is a bizarre and chaotic world of its own. As the viewer passes through the door, they step onto a painted landscape of fields and highways that wind through the exhibit. Pieces of fantastic furniture fill the “grassy” areas and lend the exhibit a whimsical feeling of domesticity. Canvases full of color and mysterious symbols hang, clashing, on painted orange walls. The paintings are huge and alluring, depicting insane scenarios.
Both through March 24th, 2012
Untitled '12 is showing at:
TEAM GALLERY
47 Wooster St
New York, NY
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Ohne Titel is showing at:
TEAM GALLERY
83 Grand St
New York, NY
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Andreas sitting in one of his chairs
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Upon walking into Davis Rhodes’ exhibit Untitled ‘12, you are immediately immersed in his bright, bare world of art. Rhodes’ imposing foam board paintings stand and lean throughout the room. Monolithic, monochromatic rectangles of muted beige, off-white, and black, the pieces differ most importantly in their spray paint treatments, which cause each foam board to warp and reflect the light in a different way. These acts of chemical and physical transformation have rendered the once-identical foam boards unique. Ultimately, this series plays with space, shape, uniformity, and setting.
Compared to Rhodes’ sparse, minimalistic display, Schulze’s work is an explosion of expression. Reminiscent of movements as diverse as Surrealism, Expressionism, Bauhaus and Dada, Ohne Titel is a bizarre and chaotic world of its own. As the viewer passes through the door, they step onto a painted landscape of fields and highways that wind through the exhibit. Pieces of fantastic furniture fill the “grassy” areas and lend the exhibit a whimsical feeling of domesticity. Canvases full of color and mysterious symbols hang, clashing, on painted orange walls. The paintings are huge and alluring, depicting insane scenarios.
Both through March 24th, 2012
Untitled '12 is showing at:
TEAM GALLERY
47 Wooster St
New York, NY
MAP
Ohne Titel is showing at:
TEAM GALLERY
83 Grand St
New York, NY
MAP
Andreas sitting in one of his chairs