LINEAGE: Featuring MATT DEVINE, ANTHONY HUNTER + ADRIANA OLIVER

Cover: Adriana Oliver, Studio View

LINEAGE Featuring ANTHONY HUNTER, ADRIANA OLIVER +MATT DEVINE November 14th, 2019 - January 14th, 2020 511A WEST 22ND ST, NEW YORK, NY 10011 WWW.JOANNEARTMANGALLERY.COM JOANNEARTMAN@AOL.COM 949.510.5481

LINEAGE JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present, LINEAGE, an exhibition that focuses attention on the intersection of decorative and functional elements of contour and linear stylization. Addressing the fundamental component of the line within artistic composition, LINEAGE explores the possibilities of perspective, volume, and interaction of planes. Suggesting the line as both a fluid material and conceptual device, these artists highlight their ability to create works that uniquely define the space around them.

Using divergent forms of display, artists Matt Devine, Anthony Hunter, and Adriana Oliver’s works compliment one another in color, form, and in their parallel explorations of linear gesture. Merging form and content, their linear constructions exemplify the expressive potential of line.

Anthony Hunter’s direct and physical engagement with his materials allows line and color to stand-alone and to function independently of form. Replete with lively and flickering lines, blobs, drips, and drizzles, Hunter creates a defined sense of movement and action. Infusing velocity and improvisation into the artistic process, the resulting linear marks tease the viewers’ eyes with their abrupt punctuations. Creating focal points, the line stylization reflects a tight rein, as he manages the flow with a practiced hand in his chosen, glossy oil-based medium. The contours of these areas, vividly contrasted against his other bold colors, look as much drawn as do the narrow, cursively shaped lines of paint. The resulting abstractions not only generate visual complexity, but the lilt of Hunter’s color and thrust of his line achieve pure graphic energy.

Matt Devine’s sculptures explore lines as a pliable medium and point of departure. Emphasizing the use of line as multidimensional, Devine takes dissected pieces of sheet metal and transforms the industrial materials into organic patterns and shapes. As Devine works with aluminum, steel, and paint, he saves leftover pieces from earlier sculptures to generate the next step in his process, recycling and seamlessly transitioning to the next piece.

His minimalist aesthetic and color palette serve to reinforce the strength of the forms, highlighting the inner balance and order within the works. Focusing on line to guide the compositions, Devine investigates the tensions of visual and psychological boundaries, as well the continuation of line through his fluid process.

With a sharp eye for shape and form, Adriana Oliver transforms familiar shapes into neutral forms open to interpretation. Challenging a traditional flat and rectangular format, Oliver blurs the lines between sculpture and painting. Pushing lines into a new, spatial realm, the cut-out shapes of her panels promote dimensionality while showcasing her beguiling use of color relationships. Working in a reductive palette, as well as simplified line-work, her imagery stands out with her minimalist approach to figuration. In her use of line, hue, intensity and value, the works attain depth and resonance, striking a perfect balance between message and form.

These artists’ work will inspire, provoke, engage and mesmerize.

With visual perceptions always changing, peek behind the stories told and you're sure to find the right artistic expression.

Anthony Hunter, Tokyo Painting, Gloss on Canvas, 62 x 41 in.

Anthony Hunter, Super Duper Pinky Yellow Scrape with Dark Green Blob on Top Painting, Gloss on Canvas, 62 x 41 in.

Anthony Hunter, Scrape, Scrape, Scrape from the Tableside of my Heart Painting, Gloss on Canvas, 62 x 41 in.

Anthony Hunter, Orange Sky with Pink Little Moon Blob Painting, Gloss on Panel, 65.5 x 49.5 in.

Adriana Oliver, Man (Private Collection), Acrylic on Linen, 59 x 51 in.

Adriana Oliver, Woman (Private Collection), Acrylic on Linen, 59 x 51 in.

Adriana Oliver, Portrait (Private Collection), Acrylic on Linen, 59 x 51 in.

Adriana Oliver, Couple (Private Collection), Acrylic on Linen, 59 x 51 in.

Matt Devine, a x b #3, Aluminum with Yellow Powdercoat and Concrete Base (Indoor Only) 31 x 12 x 16 in.

Matt Devine, BC99, Steel with Powdercoat (Indoor Only) 20 x 20 x 5 in.

Matt Devine, Stick Series 9, Steel with Powdercoat (Indoors Only) 30 x 30 x 3 in.

Matt Devine, 1984 #9, Steel with Powdercoat (Indoors Only) 40 x 30 x 11 in.

Matt Devine, Brushstrokes #2 (Vertical or Horizontal) Aluminum with Powdercoat (Indoors/Outdoors) 40 x 30 x 5 in.

Matt Devine, Brushstrokes #2 (Vertical or Horizontal) Aluminum with Powdercoat (Indoors/Outdoors) 40 x 30 x 5 in.

Matt Devine, 1763, Aluminum with Powdercoat, Concrete Baset (Indoors/Outdoors) 76 x 50 x 36 in.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition: LINEAGE: Featuring ANTHONY HUNTER, ADRIANA OLIVER, + MATT DEVINE November 14th, 2019-January 14th, 2020 JoAnne Artman Gallery 511A West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011 Catalogue © JoAnne Artman Gallery Artwork © Anthony Hunter, Adriana Oliver, Matt Devine