Currently On View
above:
Butt Johnson, Untitled (Mallard), 2019, ballpoint, gel ink, metallic gel ink, and marker on 3 ply bristol, 8 x 13” / 11.5 x 16.5" framed
Ode to Green
Opening this Saturday, February 6, 2021
Feb 6 - Mar. 14, 2021
Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to present Ode to Green, a group exhibition featuring work by Paul Anagnostopoulos, Kari Cholnoky, Michael Dotson, Meredith Hoffheins, Butt Johnson, Irena Jurek, Zachary Keeting, Shaun Krupa, Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Zach Seeger, and Pamela Sneed. The exhibition is curated by OyG co-director Eric Hibit.
Consider the “versions” of green: there are light greens, dark greens, yellow greens, blue greens. These versions have different “flavors”: some greens are sour, others are sweet. Some are warm, others are cool. Some are appetizing, others are repulsive. Some evoke nature, while others feel artificial. Green is tremendously versatile and straddles these associative polarities while retaining its identity as GREEN. Ode to Green is about the role of greens in the worlds artists create. Rather than a mere plethora of green, this exhibition includes works in which greens play a crucial role (even if it isn’t the work’s predominant color). Among these artist’s evocations: the skin of a monster, feathers, golf courses, green screen, mysterious sludge, and summer leaves. And what would green be without its complement: red? Or orange?
