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Peter Chan Paints Subjects in Prayer and Contemplation

Peter Chan's paintings focus on the quiet moments — mediation; prayer; a solitary bath. We encounter his characters immersed in a silence that's almost palpable. Chan is originally from Hong Kong and currently based in Toronto. Religious motifs find their way into his work often. In Green Ecstasy, an alien-green nun tilts her head back in a trance-like state that evokes the near-orgasmic religious fervor of Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. In the rest of Chan's "Ecstasy" series, contemporary-looking individuals seem to be in the grips of similar encounters with the divine. Coming up, Chan has work in Hashimoto Contemporary's "Moleskine IV" show in San Francisco and in Galerie Youn's booth at Love Fair Toronto, both happening this month.

Peter Chan’s paintings focus on the quiet moments — mediation; prayer; a solitary bath. We encounter his characters immersed in a silence that’s almost palpable. Chan is originally from Hong Kong and currently based in Toronto. Religious motifs find their way into his work often. In Green Ecstasy, an alien-green nun tilts her head back in a trance-like state that evokes the near-orgasmic religious fervor of Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. In the rest of Chan’s “Ecstasy” series, contemporary-looking individuals seem to be in the grips of similar encounters with the divine. Coming up, Chan has work in Hashimoto Contemporary’s “Moleskine IV” show in San Francisco and in Galerie Youn’s booth at Love Fair Toronto, both happening this month.

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August 31, 2016

Though viewers may not know the narratives of Karla Ortiz’s painted and drawn figures, her absorbing pieces inspire conjecture. Outside of her fine art work, Ortiz is a concept artist for Marvel Film Studios, and in the past, Industrial Light & Magic and Ubisoft. She's also illustrated products for Wizards of the Coast and Tor Books. All speak to Ortiz’s talent for storytelling, even when the subjects are unfamiliar to the viewer.

Hiroaki Ito Conveys the Plights of the Salaryman

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December 3, 2016

In Hiroaki Ito’s paintings and drawings, he depicts Japanese businessmen—referred to as “salarymen” in their respective country—in perpetual states of submission, anguish, self-assuredness, and general unrest. His intimate angles, often below the subject, looking up, punctuate the moods he evokes with these suited, white-collar workers. These men and women are caught in mid-apology, somber reflection, or even near-vomiting.

Jacek Yerka’s Imaginative Paintings Illustrate a Bizarre Universe

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February 18, 2015

Polish artist Jacek Yerka's paintings invite us into a world where things are not what they seem. Caves turn into gaping dragons' mouths, houses float above the clouds, and gardens become seemingly infinite puzzles of time and space. The artist blurs the boundaries between the biological and the mechanical, creating strange hybrids of animals, architecture, and geological formations. Yerka began his career making band posters in the 1970s and has been exhibiting his work in Poland for decades.

Opening Night: Erik Jones and Tran Nguyen’s “New Works” at Thinkspace

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March 12, 2014

Last weekend, Thinkspace Gallery debuted "New Works" by Tran Nguyen and Erik Jones, who both treat the classic human form with abstract elements. Although separated by choice of color and medium, this exhibition seamlessly merges their illustrative styles. The new work of Brooklyn-based Erik Jones clothes his nudes in highly saturated patterns and geometrical shapes. The happy, bright colors of the foreground seem to mask a melancholy expressed by Jones’s subjects. This tension is intentional; Jones offers the idea of opposing visual relationships by merging beautifully rendered portraits with mixed media “fashions." With fashion serving as an inspiration, his “models” convey the indifference of one caught off guard or a moment in time. In some cases, the figure disappears completely. Read more after the jump.

Peter Chan Paints Subjects in Prayer and Contemplation

The Absorbing, Mysterious Paintings of Karla Ortiz

Hiroaki Ito Conveys the Plights of the Salaryman

Jacek Yerka’s Imaginative Paintings Illustrate a Bizarre Universe

Opening Night: Erik Jones and Tran Nguyen’s “New Works” at Thinkspace

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