Max Greis: April 2015

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Samsara

I'd like to announce my debut solo show with Pavel Zoubok Gallery, Samsara, will be opening this Thursday, April 23 from 6-8pm, and runs until May 23. I'll be showing all six of my video landscapes, plus lots of collage paintings and miniature book dioramas. It's going to be the largest solo show i've ever put together, check it out if you're in New York.

My Artwork

The world is changing faster than ever, from global warming and the loss of ecosystems, to the destruction of indigenous cultures and people. Industrialization has radically altered humanity’s relationship to nature, with simultaneously empowering and endangering effects.

I create landscapes that reflect this theme, penetrating time and space in an exploration of this process of transformation. Whether in painting, video, or diorama, I utilize collage built from many individual landscape scenes, seamlessly blended together to construct a globalized vision. The world that emerges is composed of my forms, thoughts, and narratives. I call it the Archaic Armageddon.

My work evolves out of several art history genres: the use of collage and method of juxtaposition recall the Dada and Surrealist traditions, creating dream-like, otherworldly atmospheres. The stylization and landscape perspective reflect a range of Asian traditions, including Chinese hand scrolls, Japanese woodblock printing, and Persian miniatures. Early Northern Renaissance masters, specifically the work of Bruegel and Bosch, inspire the apocalyptic and hyper sensibility of the narrative. As a New Yorker, the Hudson River School is also reflected in my work, continuing the American tradition of speaking through landscape.

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Max Greis

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Samsara

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Forces of Nature

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