| From Here on OutSeptember 15, 2007- October 20, 2007Reception: September 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm BUIA Gallery is pleased to present From Here on Out, the debut New York solo
exhibition of artist Lucas Moran. In vibrant works on canvas, Moran creates
an onslaught of energy and emotion pairing more formal abstract painterly
gestures with figurative nods to Japanese and American Pop art and graffiti
writing. Moran¹s fusion of high and low painting traditions and his visceral
application frame an inquiry into emotion, psyche, and community.
In Summer Jam 2007, Moran offers a glimpse of urban physical and
psychological landscape. With a bright yellow decrepit apartment building as
a figurative anchor occupying the left of the composition, Moran posits two
large-scale graffiti tags floating against a more traditional painterly
background and partially obscured by hyper contemporary gestures: drip of
lustrous yellow and another of nuclear green paint descend upon the
composition and a glowing orb of black seems to be the object of a
silhouetted profile¹s gaze. A sense of decay is evident while a
rambunctious, acerbic, positive energy pervades creating a kinetic visual
smorgasbord.
Lucas Moran is a New York based artist whose work was featured this past
December at the Pulse Art Fair in Miami. He has participated in several
group shows in the United States, most recently in Sunny, Clear, and Cool at
BUIA. Amongst others, press credits include The New York Times. We are
very pleased to announce Lucas Moran¹s debut New York solo exhibition.
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