Untitled, 2016
For the student exhibition aspect of our blog, I chose the work of Kiere Paris to write about. Kiere also happens to be in our class. Hi, Kiere!
Untitled
I've been interested in the work of Kiere Paris since I first came across it in the Advanced Painting course we both shared last Fall of 2016. As a whole, the work exhibited in the Witt Gallery ranged from traditional painting to mix-media. There was one sculpture on a pedestal and a large-scale installation piece on the very back wall that both echoed the forms used in his abstract work, as well. And until stepping foot into the gallery, his abstract work is all I'd been exposed to. There were two representational paintings in the exhibit and in my opinion, they didn't seem to feel like they belonged with the rest of the work. But they were interesting paintings on their own. His abstract work is the highlight and it's evident that he has a strong understanding of color.
Untitled, 2016
Some of my favorite works were his plaster(?) pieces on the wall that are spray-painted gold. He had done some of these pieces in the class we took together so I'm already familiar with them. The manner in which the texture folds and ripples reminds me of soft fabric. And the thickness and size of the overall piece itself conjures the the image of a pillow. I'm interested in the contradiction that occurs when I see the hard and brittle material of plaster and I'm instead reminded of something I could rest my head on. I think there's a lot that can be explored in just that contradiction.
Whether he continues down the path of investigating color as the vehicle in his work, or leans towards the sculptural elements he also explores, I'm confident that whatever he creates will be interesting.
Congrats, Kiere!
Photo by Polo Lopez
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