Bryan Prillwitz East London Strippers Coalition Quarentine #16 Portrait Pose

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Comment by Resident Curator on December 19, 2020 at 12:26pm

Curator's Comments:

 

I have admired your work for several years now, and delight in the craggily line work and interplay between calligraphic contours and raw gesture.  This new piece, modest in scale, becomes a jewel in the handling of rich color. As a signature process enjoyed in your previous works, I relish the manner in which your drawings open up, and then condense in other areas, resulting in rich, visceral surfaces. The viewer is seduced into a somewhat chaotic space, and becomes enveloped by the tangled linear movement.  East London Strippers Coalition Quarantine #16 Portrait Pose is a provocative and strangely reassuring title.  It clues the viewer in to the established practice of portraiture, which ultimately led to the dissolution of form. I also find a sardonic humor in the contemporary reference to timeless mark-making. I’m happy to see your practice is thriving during these unsettling times.  Thank you for sharing new work with us.