Jan 25 - Feb 15, 2020
Main Gallery: ED wILCOX “I Paint What I See”
Back Gallery: KARL BLAU “#trashdolls”
In THe GReaT GLaSS ELeVaToR: NATALIE FLOR NEGRÓN “nerdz”
In THe ReDRooM: GINA GILES “Subtle Trip”
iMPeRFeCT Gallery announces the new exhibitions by four Philly based artists bringing you their latest artworks. Join us on January 25 for the opening reception for Ed Wilcox whose intriguing paintings make up "I Paint What I See"" in the front gallery. The back gallery brings you #trashiondolls, the mixed media works out of local trash beautifully transformed by Karl Blau.
THe GReaT GLaSS eLeVaToR will house the installation "nerdz" by Natalie Flor Negrón and THe ReDRooM will be taken over by Gina Giles with Subtle Trip.
Come and check out the exciting work from this selection of artists, who want to share what they are called to do,
step into their worlds...
ED WILCOX
I was born in Cape Canaveral in 1963. A real science fiction land of rockets fired to the moon over shores and swamps once roamed by Seminoles, conquistadors and pirates. I lived around the world as a boy before attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts studying with Seymour Remnick, Mavis Pusey and Audrey Flack and graduating with top honors. I went around the world again as a musician, lived in Miami and when I'm not driving a forklift I make little paintings of the circus and the South inspired by Persian miniatures, Edwardian fantasy and Asger Jorn. . My work has been shown in Manhattan, L.A., Miami, Orlando, Osaka, Maastricht, San Antonio, Nashville, Baltimore, Augusta and Philadelphia. I have illustrated for Spin and contributed to Providence's famed underground comic Paper Rodeo. Ed Wilcox
KARL BLAU on #trashiondolls
A project started in Spring of 2019, #trashiondolls became an obsession over the first few weeks of making them on my phone - like mushroom hunting, finding beauty on the forest floor... and has lasted through the year, producing hundreds, and Insta-publishing the fleshed-out characters and sometimes just the garments to social media. Part of the creed of #trashiondolls, which for me added to the fun, is not touching the "garments" but getting the right camera angle that I could picture the protruding limbs. My history as a fine artist can be seen on posters and album covers for my music and may be heard in headphones. The variety of songwriter/recording artist I subscribe, being a genre of "artful pop." I transplanted with my family to Germantown from Anacortes, Washington State in December 2018 and obviously find my neighborhood uber-inspirational. The metaphor for beauty and usefulness as a matter of perspective should not go unmentioned in this short description of #trashiondolls. karlblau.com
NATALIE FLOR NEGRÓN
Philadelphia based, Negron is a mixed media artist who utilizes various print techniques, vinyl cutout and collage aspects. Her work carries a diverse assemblage of patterns, layers, textures, and materials. She makes reference to both the man-made and natural world, classic printmaking techniques, graffiti, and industrial materials. Negrón's pieces present an energetic collection of work featuring bold colors, graphic patterns, and a captivating style. natalieflornegron.com
GINA GILES
Welcome to Subtle Trip, a playful, whimsy collection of paintings that intrigue the imagination through the use of repetitive shapes, bright colors, and surrealist notions of nature. Gina on Instagram