{"id":390,"date":"2003-03-15T05:19:17","date_gmt":"2003-03-15T05:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=390"},"modified":"2008-10-27T05:23:55","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T05:23:55","slug":"jay-davis-at-mary-boone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2003\/03\/15\/jay-davis-at-mary-boone\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Davis, at Mary Boone"},"content":{"rendered":"

For ‘Flash Art’ Magazine
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Jay Davis, It's time to leave, 2002. Acrylic on canvas, 137 x 183cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nPhotons blast into a menacing blob, a rock monster stalks his terrain, and two otherworldly demigods, only their faces visible, square off in a bloody battle. Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic in six new paintings with Davis\u2019 signature blend of hard edge abstraction and sci-fi menace. Davis\u2019 abstract patterns are so dynamic that they lend themselves to a narrative, aided by the painting\u2019s suggestive titles and the recognizable, figurative elements.<\/p>\n

In \u2018I Think It\u2019s Time to Leave,\u2019 a goofy looking figure of a goat\u2019s head with blindfolded, gem shaped eyes and a flame coming out from under his chin seems to blast off from a ground composed of various geometric patterns. Splatterings of blood red paint dot the patterns, suggesting violence even if it\u2019s not obvious what might have happened. This painting, with its clear differentiation between ground and sky, is one of the few that connects these paintings to Davis\u2019 early work. \u2018Who\u2019s Asking Questions,\u2019 on the other hand, enters a whole new dimension of space, with a mirrored \u2018v\u2019 shape dividing the canvas between top and bottom. A mask-like face dominates each sphere. Above, an indistinct, oval shaped face, outlined in wavy blue and red lines and framed by what looks like bloody gashes, peers down at a second visage, this one with distinct features composed of clear lines.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear why these Janus faces are locked in confrontation, but this feeling of conflict comes across in nearly all of the new work. It\u2019s a fight that seems to extend to the composition of the paintings themselves. As if from the tightly controlled blocks of seemingly random patterning, the creatures have managed to wrench themselves free, allowing abstraction and representation to go to war against each other. Under the spidery trace of a psychedelic, tie-died snowflake pattern that appears in some variation at least once in every painting, Davis expands to a cosmic stage where the fundamental oppositions of painting can battle it out alongside other masters of the universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For ‘Flash Art’ Magazine Photons blast into a menacing blob, a rock monster stalks his terrain, and two otherworldly demigods, only their faces visible, square off in a bloody battle. Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic in six new paintings with Davis\u2019 signature blend of hard edge abstraction and sci-fi menace. Davis\u2019 abstract patterns are … <\/p>\n

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