Toomey Tourell Fine ArtKim Schoenstadt and Matty Byloos

For the month of March, Toomey Tourell is featuring a two person exhibition of artworks by Kim Schoenstadt and Matty Byloos. The exhibition will continue through March 29th.

Kim Schoenstadt (Installation view)
© and courtesy Toomey Tourell Fine Art




Kim Schoenstadt
Resequencing Series: A, 2008
Enamel paint in Sintra on panel
45" x 47"
© Kim Schoenstadt, courtesy Toomey Tourell Fine Art




Kim Schoenstadt (Installation view)
© and courtesy Toomey Tourell Fine Art





Kim Schoenstadt
Resequencing Series: B, 2008
Enamel paint on Sintra on panel
45" x 47"
© Kim Schoenstadt, courtesy Toomey Tourell Fine Art

This series of paintings by Kim Schoenstadt are from her Can Control series, made in conjunction with work for New Langton, University of La Verne and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. The pieces are made beginning with a drawing that evokes a myriad of architectural forms. A vinyl cut is then made of the drawing and applied to a wood panel. Using spray enamel paint, she then coats the panel at the instruction of others. The vinyl undercut drawings are then removed, exposing the untouched, unpainted mark of the original drawing. The background splatter of paint and color is juxtaposed with the more precise under drawing done in the artist's own hand. The process is continued by then making drawings from the removed vinyl pieces in a stark black and white format. The concepts of authorship, process, shifting scale and perception are all investigated in her work.

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Matty Byloos
For Bacon, 2006
Acrylic and Prismacolor pencil on mahogany panel
44" x 38" x 3 1/2"
© Matty Byloos, courtesy Toomey Tourell Fine Art




Matty Byloos
By the Way in the Month of May, 2006
Acrylic, Prismacolor on mahogany panel
38" x 44" x 3 1/2"
© Matty Byloos, courtesy Toomey Tourell Fine Art

This series of paintings by Matty Byloos combines several recurring points of interest for the artist - drawing, photography and the function of memory to mention a few. Byloos starts with a photograph, sometimes taken by him and often not, as the beginning document of an existing representation. This immediately creates a foundation on which he can build or take apart, add or subtract. In the act of drawing from this existing composition, the artist can use this as a jumping off point to explore the initial image, or get lost in other layers of meaning not necessarily implied by the represented image.


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Kim Schoenstadt
March 1 - 29, 2008

Matty Byloos
March 1 - 29, 2008


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