PACKER SCHOPF GALLERY |
Jon Rappleye |
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| CURRENT EXHIBITION |
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| March 21 - April 15 |
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| Gallery Two |
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| JON RAPPLEYE |
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Jon Rappleye's paintings on paper are filled with disturbing fantasy: images of childhood, of bodily functions, jumbled body parts and bio-morphic shapes executed in crisp, inventive line. The compositions suggest narratives - nightmares and dreams -- both playful and obscure; they are corporeal allegories where the emotional and physical converge.
Aside from the gut reaction to his imagery, exploration creates interest in his surfaces. Upon first glance the work may appear slick and polished, but given closer inspection exposed corrections and reworked surfaces manifest issues of decay and human frailty. He dissects an imaginary interior space in constant flux, with its interactions, reactions, and stasis. These qualities generate a constant movement between poles of attraction and repulsion. The viewer confronts the relationship of drawing to painting perceiving a dense layering of gestural line, and flat colored shapes. These visual dichotomies are ubiquitous in Rappleye's work and bring into being captivating tension. |
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| Packer Schopf Gallery |
| 942 W. Lake St. |
| p 312.226.8984,
c 773.458.3150 f 312.226.8985 |
| [email protected] |