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Farrell Brickhouse, The
Painting Center, 52 Greene Street to October
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Although
Farrell Brickhouse goes solo in the smaller project room space, his
work nicely compliments the show in the larger room. The connection
is his overt use of the medium where paint handling and form are
virtually indistinguishable from each other in most of these pieces.
Subject matter primarily consists of generic iconic images which
leave interpretations open. But the imagery takes a back seat to the
paint handling which really defines the subject matter and content
for this work. There is nothing preconceived about these paintings;
rather, they seem to have been born from years of mastering abstract
painting. From this perspective the forms are more ‘found’ through
the act of applying paint than merely depicted. |
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Farrell
Brickhouse at the Painting Center |
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For their
size these diminutive paintings manage to pack quite a punch.
This is obvious in the raw paint handling and crude rendering of the
forms. But a closer look reveals a counterpoint subtlety of
color, surface and blended contrast which, combined with the former
treatment, is equally responsible for the impact. The result
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