MAX MASLANSKY
2015-04-13Jouissance will feature paintings made on found bed sheets, pillows, and curtains. Using these worn domestic textiles in place of traditional linen or canvas, Maslansky begins each work on a ground that has pre-existing visual information that is inextricably a part of the work. Employing a mixture of washy pigments and layers of gesso and color combined with areas of opaque, thick paint, Maslansky’s treatment of his medium renders his images of anonymous figures in various states of undress and sexually charged poses and activities in such a way that allows psychological and emotional readings of the found images he works from. Informed by Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut, this body of work flirts with the concept of a fantasy turning into a nightmare.
Opposite – Six Women (half double bed), 2015
Exhibition runs through to May 16th, 2015
Honor Fraser Gallery
2622 S La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
CA 90034
