NOLAN SIMON
b. 1980, United StatesNolan Simon paintings develop an ensemble of strange associations, exploring echoes and slippages, and revealing the intimacies of an unfixed world.
Traditional technique such as imprimatura is reanimated through Simon’s employment of printed under-layers and built up surfaces. Playing within the gaps of illusion and reality, variegated patterns and textures convey the saturation of our contemporary image flows.
Nolan Simon lives and works in Hamtramck, Michigan. His work has been included in exhibitions across the US and Europe, including solo shows at 47 Canal in New York City, Lars Friedrich in Berlin, Rieseburo Galerie Christian Nagel in Cologne, Green Gallery in Milwaukee and at What Pipeline in Detroit.
Text courtesy 47 Canal
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