A selection of textured airbrush paintings from Massachusetts-born, New York-based artist Morgan Blair (previously featured here). Based on sketches initially molded in clay, Blair’s latest collection plays with shape, size, colour, and abstraction to offer up a kind of purposeful chaos. The titles of each piece (excerpts from a fictional autobiographical tell-all) as well as the name of the show (recovered from an old childhood drawing) similarly contribute to a sensorial confusion that nevertheless appears to adhere to a logic and rhythm all its own. In Blair’s words:
“Not to put too fine a point on it, but maybe this highly specific and slightly fucked up but hopefully funny thing is what’s happening in abstract painting. Or not.”
See more images below or on display at The Hole until October 20th.

2019 Acrylic and sand on canvas, 72 x 96 inches, 183 x 244 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas, 72 x 72 inches, 183 x 183 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas, Diameter 72 inches, Diameter 183 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas, 78 x 56 inches, 198 x 142 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas over panel, 60 x 60 inches, 152 x 152 cm

2019 Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 50 inches, 178 x 127 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas over panel, 48 x 60 inches, 122 x 152 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas over panel, 48 x 60 inches, 122 x 152 cm

2019 Acrylic and sand on canvas, Diameter 42 inches, Diameter 106 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas over panel, 20 x 24 inches, 51 x 61 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas over panel, 24 x 20 inches, 61 x 51 cm

2019 Acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas, 72 x 96 inches, 183 x 244 cm

2019 Acrylic and sand on canvas, 60 x 60 inches, 152 x 152 cm
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