Hell Frozen Over, 2009
acrylic on board
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
In the pursuit of a direct and pure materiality of paint and color the Plastic Fantastic paintings capture paint in its most liquid form, losing none of its pigment to a porous ground, such as canvas. Utilizing sheets of clear plastic and the transparent properties of acrylic paint, these plastic paintings of fantastic landscapes and abstract spaces stretch the limits of mark making and the plasticity of the medium of paint. In process, these paintings are additive and subtractive, constantly observed from both sides as liquid plastic meanders, errodes and finally takes hold. Opacity is built up slowly until the paint itself is thick enough to maintain its own form, then is extracted from its plastic ground completely and glued face down to a wooden board to display the intricate web of sediment collected on its bottom. This, the final image to be hung on the wall, captures paint in its entirety and purest form, just as it was originally laid down, like frozen liquid, with zero material absorption.
BRIAN KAUPPI
briankauppi@yahoo.com
60 8th Avenue, #3
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
203-253-4978
EDUCATION:
University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts, Graduate with Honor, 1999.
Aunspaugh Fifth Year Fellowship, 2000.
Research and Travel Fellowship, "Poetry in Painting," 2000.
Research and Travel Fellowship, "Primitivism," 1997.
EXHIBITIONS:
Nelson Macker Gallery, Benefit Exhibition, Port Chester, NY, 2008.
Galerie Plein Aire, Recent Local Landscapes, Carmel, CA, 2008.
"New England Seascapes," Action Art Gallery, Old Greenwich, CT, 2008.
Bipolart, Fountain Art Fair, Miami, 2008.
"Jugando con el Arte," Galeria Matthei, Santiago, Chile, 2007.
"The Aerial Perspective Paintings," JHH Fine Art, Greenwich, CT, 2007.
The South Street Gallery, Group Exhibition, Greenport, NY, 2007.
"Save Ocean," One-Way Gallery, Narragansett, RI, 2007.
Exposicion del Grupo Tanagra, Region Bio Bio, Premio de Honor, Chillan, Chile, 2006.
"Paisajes del Campo," Cristina Gonzalez, Chillan, Chile, 2006.
"Bleeding Heart Landscapes," Opus 22, New York, NY, 2006.
"Urban Nature Landcapes," Amanda Brennan, Glen Cove, NY, 2005.
Old Greenwich Art Society, Group Exhibition, Old Greenwich, CT, 2005.
Tiffany Allen Fine Art, Group Exhibition, Port Chester, NY, 2005.
Galeria La Ventana, Feria del Verano, Bella Vista, Santiago, Chile, 2005.
"Recent Landscape Paintings," Heather MacAulay, Kensington, MD, 2004.
Old Greenwich Art Society, Group Exhibition, Old Greenwich, CT, 2003.
Green Gallery, Fall Group Exhibition, New York, NY, 2003.
"Outdoor Exhibition," Heather MacAulay, Kensington, MD, 2003.
Greenwich Art Society Group Show, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT, 2002.
"Urban/Suburban Landscapes,"Arcadia Coffee, Old Greenwich, CT, 2002.
"East Island Landscapes," Jim O'Grady, Glen Cove, NY, 2002.
"Great American Landscapes," Star Hill, Charlottesville, VA, 2000.
"Auto-Tonic Reverberations," Fayerweather, Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 2000.
"Primitive Painting," Fayerweather Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 1997.
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