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Luke Whitlatch’s paintings, at Bandini Art from February 2, explode from a central event. Time, motion, space, temperature and feeling are frozen as the painting captures the totality of a singular moment.
Titles such as Skeleton Bird Vs.The World, 20lb Irons Covered in Platte River Dust and If The Smoke May Weep Your Eyes suggest the introspective nature of the works, which may arise from a particular experience, or may be fuelled by further exploration of the premise of a previous painting.
Abstract in composition and intent, the works combine the geometric formality of hard-edge line work with soft washes and the splatter of gestural painting. Precisely judged use of white space defines and balances the intense color, while the interplay of the two modes of painting creates a dynamic that is both dramatic and absorbing.
Built on 3D frames, sometimes with the canvas folded or overlapped, the paintings are objects that make reference to their materials, construction and genre, to question the form of painting itself.
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