Echoes and Spaces, New Paintings by Shawn Camp and Lana Waldrep-Appl
Exhibition Dates: February 28, 2020 – March 28, 2020
Opening Reception: Friday, February 28, 7-10 pm
Open Canopy: Friday, March 6, 7-10 pm
We walk around in a world filled with little moments of clarity amongst a dense fog of existence. Tiny bits of connection, something that feels like déjà vu, arise and form echoes in our experiences.
In Echoes and Spaces, Lana Waldrep-Appl and Shawn Camp explore the feelings of the sublime that happen in those moments when you allow yourself to completely reside inside of the space you are in. These paintings feel like daydreaming, an activity that takes place primarily when doing nothing. Both artists are interested in exploring the something-ness of nothing. Camp makes paintings of air and space; imagery devoid of solid forms. That nothingness is framed through subtle geometric divisions and contradictory hints of color. Through translucence and refraction, the shimmering surfaces convey a sense of atmosphere and explore the mystery of light, matter, and space. Waldrep-Appl makes paintings of nothing spaces—places of waiting, landscapes that drone by during a commute, visual white noise, the places between places where things happen. These spaces are never flat. A gray is never just gray. Varied chromatic grays, near whites, and unanticipated pastels invite viewers to see there is more to these ignorable spaces.
Gallery Hours: Fridays & Saturdays, 12-6 pm or by appointment
For appointments: email info@icosacollective.com, or call 512-920-2062
ICOSA Collective Gallery
916 Springdale Rd, Bldg 2, #102
Austin, TX 78702
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