CURRENT EXHIBITION:
Orbs: New Resin Panitings by Eric Finzi
April 11, 2008 - May 31, 2008
Preview: Thursday April 10, 7-9pm
Opening Reception: Friday April 11, 7-10 pm
Orbs , a series of epoxy resin paintings by Eric Finzi, will be on display at Gallery Imperato from April 11 through May 31. Whether as a transient earth in Chardins Soap Bubbles (formally called Bubble Blower), a goalie defending his goal, or Salome presenting half the earth instead of St. John the Baptist's head, orbs roll through Finzis new body of work and capture the fragility of the planet spinning out of control. The inherent chaos of the resin meets its match in paintings that are infused with the temporality of a ticking clock. The goalie is in midair. The bubble is about to burst. The frozen, polymerized resin refers us back to the moment of decision-making, as precious seconds flee away. In the end we are left with these amber-like fossils of trajectories that could have been.
New identities live suspended in plastic and communicate through facial expressions that defy categorization. Utilizing Brownian motion -- the random movement of particles suspended in fluid, and heat-releasing exothermic chemical reactions, Finzis pigments float and swim with currents in the resin before settling into patterns that embed time. Chaos and order frown and smile toward one another in work that resembles only itself. The paintings invite close inspection. Microscopic worlds teem with colliding colors, creating windswept dust patterns that convey each paintings history.
The creation of an order from the entropic fluids imparts a sense of organicity, of new life forms evolving within the paintings, growing as the Earth grows, with change being the only constant parameter. The implied violence of many of the scenes is contrasted with the meditative tranquility of the slowly diffusing layers of resin.
About the Artist
Eric Finzi has shown his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the U.S. including such venues as Aidan Savoy Gallery , Walter Wickiser and Metalstone Gallery in New York; Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, Bethesda; La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles; Perihelion Arts, Phoenix; Bridge Art Fair, New York and multiple shows in Miami and Washington, DC.
