ARMEN ELOYAN
2013-12-23The instinctive approach Eloyan applies to his painting draws on his emotional bond to an array of collective experiences, related to childhood and youth. The artist’s attitude of painting even refers to the automatic painting of the New York school (Hans Hofmann, Willem de Kooning). Most of the titles here such as ‘Black dog’ or ‘Dizzy girl’ seem to be fairly unmistakeable, when iconic figures as Mickey Mouse, dogs and dinosaurs reappear in his work.
Eloyan frequently uses oil paint as a sculptural material, applying it to his canvases layer by layer, resulting in virtually three-dimensional objects. The physicality of the paint and the emphasis on the fact that they are manually done seem to be the key to understanding them.
Exhibition runs through to January 25th, 2014
Tim Van Laere Gallery
Verlatstraat 23-25
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
