RL Fine Arts: Contemporary Art Project
Roarrr | acrylic and oil on canvas | 30 x 40 inches | 2011
Ari Lankin
Windows of Self
Exhibition:
October 12 to November 12, 2011
Opening reception:
Wednesday October 12 6:00 to 8:30pm
There is a magical sensation that exists between the change from one thing to another.
-Ari Lankin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 3, 2011 – RL Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Ari Lankin opening on October 12th from 6-8:30 PM at R L Fine Arts. An exciting young artist who embraces a variety of media, Lankin expresses himself primarily through painting. This show, titled ‘Windows of Self,’ is a group of new dynamic abstract paintings.
The maxim “Everything is Connected” is central to Lankin’s image-making. Exploiting the natural physicality of painting, with its perpetual erosion and malleability, Lankin is interested in how our environment is ultimately a subjective experience open to personal interpretation. The plastic, the ephemeral, and everything in-between are intertwined in his work. Memory and active perception are in flux as first impressions dissolve and new revelations emerge. Lankin creates energetic images where the viewer is free to assign meaning and revel in sensation. The public and personal is ambiguously intermingled. His paintings are windows of self-reflection and residue of performance.
Lankin’s interest in systems, nature, order, emotion, and relational flow inform his sensually intuitive handling of paint. Expressive mark-making brings to life a space that is active on the surface and infinitely deep. He embraces our growing relationship with technology and how it changes our notions of space visually and conceptually. Lankin absorbs, deconstructs, and recreates echoes of these sensations in his abstract painterly language.
A work is complete when it enables perpetual conversation with the self. I’m interested in creating a universal visual fluency based on sensation and recognition.
Ari Lankin was born in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1980. He received his BFA with High Honors in Painting and Economics from Brandeis University. Known for painting in the studio, on location, and at live events, painting is truly an extension of his lifestyle. He worked at the Guggenheim as an educator for five years, spending countless hours engaged with art objects. Lankin collaborates in a wide variety of projects, including design, apparel, film, performance, curation, and street art. His most notable collaborations are that he designed a shoe for Adidas and he assisted Tino Sehgal during his solo show at the Guggenheim. Lankin lives in Manhattan, where he has had his current studio in East Harlem for the past five years.
Located in the heart of Flatiron:
RL Fine Arts
39 West 19 Street Suite 612 (between 5 and 6 avenues)
New York NY 10011
tel: 212 645 6401
email:info@rlfinearts.com
gallery hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 11.00 to 6.30pm, Sunday 12.00 to 4.00pm
Congratulations on your show at RL Fine Arts. I hope to dash down to New York City to see the show before heading to Canada for a photoshoot in November. Your establishing image is filled with vitality, energy, and motion. Looking forward to visiting you in your studio this Fall. Best regards, Brendan Ben Feeney