Where: White Walls
Event Date: July 12, 2014
Event Time: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location: 886 Geary Street · San Francisco
Exhibit Dates: July 12 - August 9
For more details: http://www.whitewallssf.com/
White Walls is pleased to present The Unearthly Paintings, the latest solo show by Amsterdam-based Calligraffiti artist Niels Shoe Meulman. The opening reception will be held on July 12 from 7 pm to 11 pm. The exhibition will be on view through August 9, 2014 and is free and open to the public.
In his third solo exhibition with White Walls, Niels Meulman (Shoe) expands on his philosophical musings on existence, outer space and science through a new series of typographical paintings.
These majestic paintings are a continuation of the signature style Shoe is best known for: a medieval style of “Calligraffiti” in which he uses the prefix, “un” as a symbol of reversal and words as images to express abstract ideas. However, in this body of work, Shoe also introduces new aspects such as technologically advanced paint and a non-linear writing order.
From the artist: “Art, science and religion have a common origin; the unknown. My latest pieces touch on subjects like ‘anti-knowledge’ and ‘the great doubt.’ This exhibition is an exploration to find mysticism in science. Particle accelerators are modern cathedrals for people who believe in quantum mechanics. With every discovery, more questions arise. Scientific findings of the last decades are more fantastic than all of the fables in religious books put together.”
For Shoe, whether we are looking to the stars or to the atoms, we’re always connecting the dots on the path to logic. In The Unearthly Paintings, the artist attempts to make sense of it all by trying to find connections between reality, consciousness and observations through artistic expression.
Also included in the exhibition will be a series of unique works on paper with the marking 35 Years of Shoe as the artist celebrates the momentous anniversary.
“At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening.” -Hakuin Ekaku
“Nullius in verba” (Take nobody’s word for it) -motto of the Royal Society
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” -Albert Einstein
“If you’re not trying to be real, you don’t have to get it right.” -Andy Warhol