CHRIS SUCCO – LANGUAGE OF ELBOW
2015-04-13Succo will present new iterations of two series of works—the aforementioned ZigZag Paintings and a series of Untitled silkscreen paintings. Succo’s silkscreen paintings, made from images cut from magazines, suggest faded rock posters, or a cascade of images of a truant youth. Flirting with the history of the nude in painting, they are collages in impoverished grayscale, deadpan renderings of adolescent excesses glorified by rock ‘n’ roll.
Both series, created in a studio with a constant soundtrack, and titled with lines drawn from Succo’s own poetry, reverberate with energy and attitude. Together, they reflect on the act of painting in abstraction; in the context of their titles and Succo’s own history as a musician, are not unlike liner notes—on painting.
Exhibition runs from April 23rd to May 23rd, 2015
Almine Rech Gallery
20 Rue de l’Abbaye
Abdijstraat 20, 1050
Brussels
