Miles McEnery Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition of recent work by Tomory Dodge on view 8 December 2022 through 28 January 2023 at 520 West 21st Street. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring an essay by Gary Brewer.
Tomory Dodge's latest compositions are radiant and poetic resolutions to a painting's process of becoming. Known for his iterative and contemplative approach, the artist deeply questions each aesthetic choice to create, scrape away, and rebuild a rich surface. Patchworks of abstract and biomorphic shapes assemble into glowing hues and dynamic patterns that shift across the surface.
Through the additive and reductive process, Dodge discovers what painterly forms and gestures lie underneath a universe of possibilities. Soft palettes and geometric fragments embrace personal memories and art historical references, emerging alongside a curiosity for how elements may combine and interact.
Energetic color reverberates from within and echoes inspiration from the psychedelic rock posters of his childhood. Dots and zig-zag patterns dance across multiple works, drawn from the artist's memory of Sunday morning cartoons playing on analog television screens.
The artist's paintings culminate in a search for balance. His brushstrokes navigate between intention and uncertainty, all while testifying to the joy experienced in the process. Brewer expresses the artist's ethos, writing, "There is layering, and there are areas of thin washes; the transparencies allow one to see the various moments and decisions–the erasures and additions that Dodge made to arrive at a point of completion. All of this is done with a lyrical wit and a love of painting that elevate the effort, giving it both a sense of humor and gravitas."
Press release courtesy Miles McEnery Gallery.
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