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DANE
PATTERSON
AGAIN, AND
AGAIN, AND AGAIN...
The
Proposition
2 Extra
Place
New York, NY
10003
Exhibition: NOVEMBER 4
– DECEMBER 18
The
Proposition is pleased to present the fourth solo
show by Dane Patterson.
Untitled
(Headpiece) 2011, Graphite on Paper; 86 x 53
cm
Patterson’s recent
work operates in the system of portraiture and still life, but
to these genres he brings a practice deeply influenced by
collage and digital manipulation. The result is a body of work
that uses visual repetition to explore the representational
impulse.
| Extensions, Tubing, and Random
Objects |
Extensions, Tubing, and
Random Objects |
| 2011, Graphite on Paper; 28
x 21 cm |
– Again with
Adjustments |
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2011, Graphite on Paper; 28
X 21 cm |
Patterson’s photorealistic
graphite drawings, which have for a while now been his primary
medium, require hours of careful and detailed rendering. His
recent turn to repetition as content brings to my work a
parallel, if somewhat muted, obsessive quality to the subject
matter.
| Jacket, Snare Drum, Bags, and Ritual
Items |
Jacket, Snare
Drum, Bags, and Ritual Items |
| 2011, Graphite on Paper; 28
x 21 cm |
– Again with
Adjustments |
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2011, Graphite on Paper; 28
X 21 cm |
This is born out in
graphite portraits, such as Untitled (with Katie),
where Patterson’s subject is covered in a variety of repeated
images: magazine cutouts, photographs of hands, and an image
of the actress Katie Holmes.
Untitled (With
Katie), 2011
Graphite on Paper
16” x
10.5”
Likewise, his recent
photographs, such as Re-read or Returned to (Book
Piles), are repeating still lifes that appear to have
been created and manipulated in Photoshop. They are, however
3rd or 4th generation images where sections of printed
photographs of the still life have been put back in and
photographed again. Through repetition, Patterson multiplies
the levels of representation in these works, drawing and
photographing images that surround us daily.
Reread or
Returned To (Book Piles)
2011, Graphite on
Paper; 81 x 91 cm
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