Spotlight Artist

Ryan Lammie

Northeast
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Featured in New American Paintings

Artist Statement

I find that I have very little say about the way things are, there being too many options, scenarios, instances, results, and reasons for doing any one thing. The overwhelming number of possibilities pushes me farther and farther into indifference. Using materials that are seemingly unimportant, I create fields of mass that I then cover with a unifying coat of paint. This paint, white or black or metallic, frees the forms from their previous associations to create a new, parallel experience. This transformation symbolizes the acceptance and cementing of contemporary structures, while giving viewers a second doorway through which to see what is already in front of them.

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