One can imagine the inhabitants of Dean Monogenis’ ultra-modern houses nestled on top of lush, green hills to be solitary geniuses who have intentionally removed themselves from society. Monogenis plays with architecture and design in his acrylic paintings on panel, rendering believable landscapes but reminding us that they belong to a fictional world by superimposing flat patterns on top of the realistic scenes. Monogenis became interested in architecture as a harbinger of change when he observed new buildings popping up “overnight like mushrooms” in Brooklyn over 10 years ago. He connects architecture with the human need to expand and colonize our environment.
Super Future Kid’s candy-colored paintings and sculptures fill Gallery Poulsen later this month with her new show, "Smells Like Teenage Armpit.” The artist says that all of the dimension-hopping paintings, crafted in acrylics and spraypaint, “started out as ideas I had just before falling asleep in my bed.” The show kicks off on Oct. 26 and runs through Nov. 16.
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Working out of her Austin studio,