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George Breisch Gonzalez (pottery and prints)
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Greg Mamczak (paintings)

Artist Opening Reception: Friday, April 27, 6 - 9PM
Exhibition: April 27 - May 19 2007

Greg Mamczak

Studio STK is proud to present Greg Mamczak. Originating from New Hampshire, Greg approaches painting with a definitive plan. After pondering and compiling various aesthetic images in his mind throughout the day, his product articulates this precise calculation. With tedious outlines in a sharp shade of black, the individual images never fade away. They remain as autonomous entities often dividing the canvas into sections. The muted colors in between the lines are on occasion contrasted with strikingly rich colors, once again separating the canvas. This estrangement suggests a dichotomy between unblemished aesthetics and reality; however, the idea of a utopia where the two exist in harmony is not lost. The delicate concept of perfection is evident in Greg’s manipulated combinations of familiar objects to produce foreign scenes. The familiar is never entirely forfeited, as a sense of nostalgia is unavoidable when peering into Greg’s almost child-like creations. His manifested reality is confined to his canvas, never suggesting that a world exists outside of the frame, rendering the capacity of an enclosed aura to be similarly powerful as one without boundaries.

George Breisch Gonzalez

Gonzalez communicates in a muted aesthetic clarity, encouraging the viewer to question the meaning of symbols once accepted as having universal meanings. Undeniably he is testing the relationship between function and form; they collide together producing practical objects whose practicality is secondary while the aesthetic content prevails. The perfectly sculpted form of the ceramics is not forgotten, as they provide a canvas for themes that aggravate and distort. By placing autonomous symbols next to one another, new meanings emerge. Gonzalez views his everyday life, including working on his art, as a ritual or ceremony. His approach creates an interesting relationship between the concept of a ritual and the religious themes which he chooses to explore. Gonzalez conceptually and physically engages with themes by “…find(ing) a balance so that life and work intermingle and compliment each other.” By communicating his internal thought process through visual representation, an alternative reality is put on display for the viewer to grapple with.

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