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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s show: “Kadar Brock: Gifts Ungiven” is on view at Vigo Gallery
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Brooklyn-based abstraction alchemist Kadar Brock approaches his paintings as objects themselves, sanding and abrading them and extracting colorful
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Kadar Brock was born in New York in 1980, and is currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Brock's works are noted for its mixed media approach to each one of the canvases. His works include use of spray paint, oil, acrylic, and flashe paint within a dense mesh of geometric shapes, intersecting lines, and brightly colored patterns within both paintings and works on paper. With its complex density of symbolism and strong interest in the concept of magic and memory, the artwork connects the viewer with the underlying concept of being engaged with its use of color and form. Brock's work has been featured in an array of publications, such as The New York Times, The Village Voice, Art in Review, Artnet, and more.
Selected solo exhibitions of Brock's include Dredge, The Hole, New York, NY (2013); Disenchant magic item, Vigo Gallery, London, UK (2012); Evil Dead 2, Horton Gallery, Berlin, DE (two person show with Matt Jones)(2012); Unclaimed Space, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY (2012); Conjuring and Dispelling, Motus Fort, Tokyo, JAPAN (2012).
Selected group exhibitions include Paint
Off, Paint On, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY (2013);
XSTRACTION, The Hole, New York, NY (2013); The
Example, Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York, NY (2013);
Painted Perfect, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, MX
(2013); Hue + Cry, curated by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld,
Sotheby's S/2, New York, NY (2012); Ululation, Vigo
Gallery, London, UK (2012); News from Chicago and New
York, organized by Henning Strassburger, Fiebach Minninger,
Cologne, DE (2012); Point. Line. Plane., Hannah Barry
Gallery, London, UK (2011); An Instance of Vibration,
curated by Peter Makebish, Anonymous, New York, NY (2011); The
Sultans Played Creole, curated by James Cope, Champion, Austin, TX
(2011); Perseids, Curated by Sorine Anderson & Kari
Adelaide, Custer Observatory, Southold, NY (2010); Night
Fishing, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY (2010)
Quick While Still, Motus Fort, Tokyo, JAPAN (2009);
Candygrammar, curated by Michael Wilson, 999 Metropolitan,
Brooklyn, NY (2009); I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl, Curated by
Anat Ebgi, Terence Koh, and Jenny Schlenzka, Asia Song Society, New
York, NY (2008);
Stuff: international contemporary art from the collection of
Burt Aaron, Detroit MOCA, Detroit, MI (2007)
In 2002, Kadar Brock received his BFA from Cooper Union School of Art; New York, New York
For additional information about this artist, visit Mutual Art
