Charles Spurrier's Found Plastic Painting at 490 Atlantic Gallery

Charles Spurrier presents "Other Than Ordinary Miracles" (2016), a work he classifies as a painting despite its construction from found plastic and a steel shelving unit that extends a foot from the wall. The piece transforms latticed milk crates and other plastic elements into orthogonal forms of saturated color, meticulously arranged within the shelf's primary structure. Viewed frontally, it evokes a Boogie-Woogie grid with dense industrial hues, while from the side, it becomes a compelling extrusion of pure color sensation. The artwork measures 36 x 36 x 12 inches and is featured at 490 Atlantic Gallery, as highlighted in a review by David Brody for artcritical. Spurrier's approach blends readymade materials with a Cartesian deadpan aesthetic, challenging conventional definitions of painting through industrial and structural interventions.