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Oliver Vernon |
Damon Soule |
BLVD Gallery presents
BLVD gallery is proud to present the work of two of the most original artists currently involved in the contemporary Urban art movement. Oliver Vernon and Damon Soule, both currently based in New York City, make paintings that look past this material plane into what seem like alternate worlds that are familiar like a dream that is never fully remembered. Both artists have gained international acclaim, having been featured in the book CONVERGENCE with urban art luminaries Mars-1, David Choong Lee, and Nome Edonna. This will be the first major exhibit for both of these artists in Seattle and we cannot be more pleased to have the opportunity to show such innovative work. Oliver Vernon paints what seem like colliding planes of time and space. His work on canvas and panel alternate from views of what seem like never before seen galaxies into the nanosphere of genetics. Olivers work is simultaneously Visionary and part of the graphic tradition of graffiti yet never tips too far to either side to become cliche. Oliver often collages what at times seem like two separate works that share a common color scheme creating a new singular work that create a tension between the cosmological and the architectural. Damon Soules paintings mix a fluid, organic world populated with what would best be described as fabricated creatures that seem lifted straight from the animatronic sets of Disneyland. The soft geometries of his mixed media backgrounds are offset by the Anime-like colors and forms of the inhabitants of his often surreal paintings. Damon is a real populist artist, having made his name first creating public murals then moving into the world of commission work for clients such as Hotel Des Arts in SF and author Danielle Steele. His approach to what he does as a working artist is extremely pragmatic. |
