JOHN RANDALL NELSON: LIFE AS A PERFORMANCE
Exhibition Dates:
October 17 – November 16, 2024
Stremmel Gallery presents new paintings by John Randall Nelson and Chris Trueman, opening October 17 and continuing through November, 16 2024. Nelson’s work touches on Neo-Expressionism and American Folk Art, emphasizing simplified images. Trueman’s paintings Op Art and Abstract Expressionist paintings are filled with layers of positive and negative space, referencing graffiti and digital art.
“I collect fragments that, one way or another, come into my field of vision. Metaphors, puns, and allegories that catch my eye. Symbols that evoke associations. Cliches that are so familiar that they become paradoxically abstract. Put in combination and layered one on top of another these figures and phrases merge into a vocabulary of rhythms and cadences that give voice to those impulses that arise internally. The unconscious is like a reservoir. Themes emerge, some that are humorous others that are cryptic and vague.”
-John Randall Nelson
