Paul Glabicki's Relativity Series at Kim Foster Gallery Explores Layered Visual Overload
From January 9 to February 15, 2014, Kim Foster Gallery in New York City showcased Paul Glabicki's Relativity series, consisting of nine drawings. These pieces merge text snippets, calculations, and diagrams into intricate compositions that resemble prints. Employing careful colored pencil imitations of brushstrokes, Glabicki's style echoes that of Roy Lichtenstein and Roxy Paine. The artwork incorporates mathematical themes alongside imagery of rabbits and Pennsylvania, drawing on Serialist concepts and alluding to Philip Glass's 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach. Utilizing a light table for image tracing, a method evident in his previous animations like Diagram Film (1978) and Object Conversation (1985), which the American Film Institute is currently restoring, Glabicki's work hints at blueprints for time machines and embodies a post-structural or postmodern artistic ethos.
Key facts
- Paul Glabicki exhibited his Relativity series at Kim Foster Gallery
- Exhibition dates: January 9 to February 15, 2014
- Location: 529 West 20th Street, New York City
- The series consists of nine drawings with layered visual elements
- Glabicki uses a light table tracing method similar to his animation technique
- His earlier animations are being restored by the American Film Institute
- Drawings reference Roy Lichtenstein, Roxy Paine, and Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach
- Works explore relativistic pairs and time as a drawing dimension
Entities
Artists
- Paul Glabicki
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Roxy Paine
- Kandinsky
- Jenny Holzer
- Matt Mullican
- Mike Kelly
- Pat O'Neill
- Bill Morrison
- DJ Spooky
- Alice Aycock
- Kim Jones
- Bruce Conner
- Harry Smith
- Philip Glass
Institutions
- Kim Foster Gallery
- LA MoCA
- American Film Institute
- DARPA
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Pennsylvania
- Los Angeles