Carlos Mare Remi Rough Sixeart Rae Martini “Disambiguation” Group Exhibit Recap
by Graffuturism on Sep 13, 2012 • 3:53 pm
Remi Rough
Carlos Mare
Sixeart
Rae Martini
We were surprised we didn’t here more about this show that recently opened at Carmichael Gallery in Los Angeles. The 4 man show titled “Disambiguation” featured work from familiar artists Remi Rough, Carlos Mare, Rae Martini and Sixeart. A great lineup of talented abstract artists with roots in graffiti & street art. We are pleased that Carmichael Gallery was able to get these painters over to Los Angeles. The exhibition showcases their talents as seasoned and rising contemporary artists. We love the new minimal paintings from Remi, and Rae Martini brings the deepest of textures with his work in the show. Carlos Mare showcased some of his signature sculptures, yet new forms and ideas have emerged in the new work. We are not as familiar with Sixeart but his bright palette and illustrative representational paintings brought a nice contrast from the more minimal work of the others. All around a well put together exhibition. Take the time to see the new work from these artists without having to travel internationally or to NY to do so. Pictures courtesy of the gallery.
GF
“Carmichael Gallery is pleased to present Disambiguation, a group exhibition featuring new works by Carlos Mare, Rae Martini, Remi/Rough and Sixeart. The exhibition will be on view in the Los Angeles gallery space from September 8 to October 6, 2012, with an opening reception on September 8 from 6-9pm.
The spirit of the street, the communities that are created and gathered therein, and the subsequent movements that are formed and fostered have assisted in setting the foundations for the work of the artists presented in Disambiguation. Years of experience sharing their vision in a public forum combined with daring experimentation in form and material has resulted in four exciting contemporary abstract interpretations of the traditional graffiti form.
New Yorker Carlos Mare captures the moving human form in both two and three-dimensional form. By applying his study of Modernist and Futurist masters Marcel Duchamp, Wilfredo Lam and Kazimir Malevich to his observations of the gestures and attitude of b-boy veterans such as Ken Swift, Mare has honed a practice that translates the patterns, rhythms and beats of dance and modernism into sculpture and drawing.
Italian painter Rae Martini is equally inspired by Futurism and its obsession with the machine. His formative past as a young graffiti artist translates into abstract works that emulate the grit and texture of the streets, often using fire and dirt to create the desired effect. The dual presence of intricately patterned layers and pure minimalism is achieved by a persistent process of adding to and subtracting from the initial image, creating a surface reminiscent of a storied urban wall.
Attention to the formal elements of fine art, in particular that of Minimalism, is central to the work of Remi/Rough. His color palette is selected through deceptively simple arrangements of lines and angles that bring a variety of hues into unexpected encounters with each other. By working on canvas and sculpture, he transports the movement and style of train writing into the gallery space.
Sixeart’s mixture of psychedelic abstraction and comic book-inspired figuration has become an essential element of the urban fabric in his hometown of Barcelona. His work has a childlike innocence combined with an almost hallucinogenic sense of second sight. “Sinister tragicomedy with notes of psychopathology and touches of acid” is one definition the artist himself has offered of his unique style. “My own universe of characters comes from a happy childhood and a close contact with mother nature,” he explains. The dreamlike quality of his work shows an affinity with Surrealist artists such as Joan Miró, another native of Barcelona.”