Nine artists engaged in and around abstract painting are brought
together in Mixed Green’s summer group show curated by Mixed Greens artist Rob
Nadeau. From simple light gestures to dense stratified surfaces and
sculptural mutations, these painters make visible and tangible the internal and
unseen. This work does not flirt with representation or blur the boundaries
between abstraction and representation. It is abstract painting today,
unapologetic and created by contemporary artists who critically engage in the
discourse of the past, present and future. All are pushed forward by the desire
to give form to the glimpse.
Mixed Greens is pleased to present their second solo exhibition with
Lee Stoetzel. In this
show, Lee will showcase his recent series of large-scale, black and white
photographs.
With the rampant construction of enormous, yet generic and
unsightly homes across the United States, the term “McMansion” was coined
approximately a decade ago. These houses offer space and comfort, but
appearamazingly identical from coast to coast. And, as the name suggests, they
are too large for their lots and their neighbors. The “ideal” home with gables,
turrets and a fake widow’s walk has been supersized to appeal to our consumer
culture.
In his last exhibition with Mixed Greens, Lee photographed a
very specific subject - the McDonald's French fry. In this body of work, Lee
moves beyond the single fry to utilize all that McDonalds has to offer - from
the McNugget to the fountain soda lid. Disposable packaging and food become the
building materials that mimic these unnatural new homes.
