Greg Bogin
12 Apr - 23 May 2009
© Greg Bogin
I want to be your friend I,
2009
Synthetic paint and urethane on canvas
each panel: 72 x 72 inches
I want to be your friend I,
2009
Synthetic paint and urethane on canvas
each panel: 72 x 72 inches
GREG BOGIN
"I Want to Be Your Friend"
April 12 - May 23, 2009
Opens April 12 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Reception Friday April 17th 6-8 pm
Leo Koenig Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of a solo exhibition of new paintings by Greg Bogin. In lieu of a press release, the artist requested that we simply share this statement regarding this particular body of work.
“The work for this exhibition was made over the last three or four months, a time when anxiety seemed to be everywhere. The concern I felt created the necessity to find a "happy place" where I could escape to.
I worked (as I frequently do) opposite my mental state. I put aside the feeling that signs seemed to point to the futility of any creative gesture. I continued working and developing the same themes that have always occupied my work. I am reticent to delve into explanations as to what these themes may or may not be as the works are open to the interpretation of the viewer, each of whom will bring their own set of ideas and beliefs to the experience. Painting is a visual language and as such words do poor job of translation. Trying to understand what a painting means...gets in the way of understanding the meaning of the painting.”
Greg Bogin has exhibited extensively in the US, and internationally. His work has been included in exhibitions such as Minimalism and After IV, at the Damler Chrysler collection, Berlin Germany, Glee: Painting Now, curated by Amy Cappelazzo and Jessica Hough, at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Aldrich CT and The Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art Palm Beach Miami and Arte Americana Ultimo Decennio, (American Art of the Last Decade), curated by Claudio Spadone, Ravenna, Italy (cat.). Greg Bogin lives and works in New York City.
"I Want to Be Your Friend"
April 12 - May 23, 2009
Opens April 12 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Reception Friday April 17th 6-8 pm
Leo Koenig Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of a solo exhibition of new paintings by Greg Bogin. In lieu of a press release, the artist requested that we simply share this statement regarding this particular body of work.
“The work for this exhibition was made over the last three or four months, a time when anxiety seemed to be everywhere. The concern I felt created the necessity to find a "happy place" where I could escape to.
I worked (as I frequently do) opposite my mental state. I put aside the feeling that signs seemed to point to the futility of any creative gesture. I continued working and developing the same themes that have always occupied my work. I am reticent to delve into explanations as to what these themes may or may not be as the works are open to the interpretation of the viewer, each of whom will bring their own set of ideas and beliefs to the experience. Painting is a visual language and as such words do poor job of translation. Trying to understand what a painting means...gets in the way of understanding the meaning of the painting.”
Greg Bogin has exhibited extensively in the US, and internationally. His work has been included in exhibitions such as Minimalism and After IV, at the Damler Chrysler collection, Berlin Germany, Glee: Painting Now, curated by Amy Cappelazzo and Jessica Hough, at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Aldrich CT and The Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art Palm Beach Miami and Arte Americana Ultimo Decennio, (American Art of the Last Decade), curated by Claudio Spadone, Ravenna, Italy (cat.). Greg Bogin lives and works in New York City.