Press Release:LICHTUNDFIRE is pleased to invite you for a last view of
COME OUT 2 SHOW THEM, an exhibition of intimate-sized, abstract
minimal paintings by New York based artist CHRISTOPHER STOUT. This
marks the second New York gallery solo show by the artist, and also
his second project with the gallery. Christopher Stout was previously
included in the group exhibition, Chewing Tar, Industrial Materials in
the Service of Art, curated by Linda Griggs.
For this exhibition, Christopher Stout has conceived a new series of
paintings, constructed from sanded cylindrical and rectangular-shaped
plaster molds, and mounted on Belgian linen on board. This body of
work conceptualizes visually the ideas and paradigms of the Western
Reductivist movement, while at the same time exploring the creative
traditions of the acceptance of transience and imperfection within the
Japanese philosophy of Wabi-sabi.
Strikingly similar and purist, but not quite perfect nor identical,
the installation of these small size paintings hovers aesthetically
and philosophically between the reductionist assumption that every
thing and every idea can be reduced to its more simple and coherent
form while taking into account, emphasizing, and shedding light on the
imperfections which come with all things created.
CHRISTOPHER STOUT WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SUBURBAN MARYLAND AND LIVES
AND WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY. An artist, art writer, curator, and
gallery director of ADO Project (Art During the Occupation), formerly
CHRISTOPHER STOUT GALLERY, CHRISTOPHER STOUT HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS
PUBLIC RECOGNITIONS FOR HIS ENDEAVORS IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES.
Some notable mentions include:
"Curator to Watch” for his Armory week presentation during
SPRING/BREAK Art Show with artist Rick Herron (Artsy, March, 2017)
Ranked #32 in “The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn
Culture” by Brooklyn Magazine (art critic Paul D'Agostino, Brooklyn
Magazine, March 2016)
Ranked #01 in “Who is Who” in Bushwick Daily for his work as
founder of the 3-year artist lecture and exhibition project Bushwick
Art Crit Group (Katie Killary, Bushwick Daily, September 2014)
One of “12 Artists to Watch” for his presentation during Bushwick
Open Studios at Brooklyn Fire Proof (Holly Shen, now Director/Dept.
Head, Visual Arts at Brooklyn Academy of Music, May 2013)
Press:
CHRISTOPHER STOUT, COME OUT 2 SHOW THEM at LICHTUNDFIRE Gallery, Kate
Murphy, Arte Fuse, May 3rd, 2017
The Material World of Christopher Stout, Chris Bors, April 24, 2017
For more information and images of COME OUT 2 SHOW THEM please contact
Priska Juschka, Gallery Director, or visit lictundfire.com.
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