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The Compound Gallery & Studios
March 19 - May 1, 2016Info
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http://thecompoundgallery.com/
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(510) 655-9019
Reception
May 1, 2016 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
The Compound Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Polychrome Stew, a polychromic exhibition of paintings by John McNamara and Bob Stang. We present to you, a stew, a salmagundi of brightly colored matter that consists of a dash of reality with a portion of fantasy, culminating in delightfully tasty neoteric paintings that are sure to enchant. John McNamara’s new series of smaller paintings are taken from a 1992 visual dictionary-McNamara paints these familiar solitary objects as distinctive interpretations and places them into an abstract environment where the object and background coexist as a newly formed resplendent composite. Mcnamara’s larger painting is a form of painted collage that involves a process where he mounts several small photographs of one of his previous paintings onto a wood panel, and paints onto it, allowing some of the photographic image to come through— resulting in a skewed representation of the original painting. Bob Stang creates dreamy compositions by placing familiar objects within his chimerical abstract landscapes. Stang’s works are influenced by the digital realm, yet leave a non-mechanical human impression. Each painting is fresh and unrestrained, a result of his impromptu painting style—he paints at will with no pre-determined end result in mind. Stang often uses architectural elements in his works such as bricks, fences, and beams. The combination of his selected imagery, recomposed, and decontextualized allows for new insight and interpretation into these recognizable elements.