In 1978, Allan McCollum began a series of paintings (Surrogates) that were no more than extensions of the frame.
Evan Blackwell‘s paintings are the frames.
In his solo exhibit at Seattle’s 4Culture Gallery, Lost in Space, Blackwell proves (among his many other material explorations) that Tara Donovan isn’t the only artist coming up with new uses for drinking straws. Hers billow, like clouds. His are salvaged camouflage with a direct hit in the center. The center is your center, wherever you happen to be looking. It’s the illusion of a ripple effect.
Blackwell graduated last year from the University of Washington with an MFA in sculpture.
I am in the process of constructing forms, compositions, structures, and spaces that serve as lens to see both the materials from which they were constructed and world we live in with fresh perspective.
Through Nov. 27.
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