NEO GEO

Gauntlet Gallery is proud to present two geometrically inclined exhibitions for the month of November; NeoGeo is a two-person exhibition featuring Carl Cashman and Liam Snootle in the gallery 1 space, and BlackThings; a solo exhibition by Parasite in gallery 2. Both exhibitions are guest curated by Sven Davis.

NEO GEO
NeoGeo is an exploration of color and form. A new expression of geometric art by UK based Carl Cashman and Australian Liam Snootle. With roots and inspiration from within the culture of street art and graffiti, these contemporary provocateurs have defined an energetic new movement borne out of an appreciation for geometry, emotion and historical art movements of the past.

BlackThings
Lublin, Poland-based artist Parasite’s series of BlackThings paintings utilize found & existing paintings and prints as a canvas where traditional works are over-painted with brutal geometries. The original context of the source paintings are changed and subverted with distorted volumes and masses of anti-image to create a new vocabulary. Portions of the original image are retained by Parasite as he plays with our sense of perception – depth and dimension present a renewed allegory that emphasizes unfamiliar details within the framing of the existing image. Parasite distorts stories originally told by the like of Caspar David Friedrich, Egon Schiele, Maurice Utrillo, Paul Gauguin amongst others; and lends a new angle to abstraction within the setting of traditional portrait and landscape painting. All three artists are firmly grounded in a contemporary gallery context, and have a flair for eliciting their art in an urban setting.