April 6, 2010

Michael Reafsnyder at Western Projects

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Michael Reafsnyder has just closed his show at Western Projects in Culver City. He got some good press along the way.
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His show balanced his sculpture (ceramics) with his painting. The shift from painting to sculpture is a tricky move and Michael found the kind of resonance in media that is natural and consonant in terms of his vision and material handling, a tough thing to do. Painting with Gamblin colors, he too paints alla prima, as I do... but much more ferociously. Where I take up to a week to guide a painting to completion, he bears down hard in a single day for each one. Hard core.

Here are a few close ups to get in on his facture dynamics:

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Posted by Dennis at April 6, 2010 9:43 AM

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