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Michael LaBua

Detour Gallery is enthused to introduce an eye-opening sense of humanity which is found within the depths of oil paintings by American-born artist Michael LaBua.
DETOUR Gallery
Jun 3rd – Jul 8th 2017
Red Bank, 24 Clay Street Map & Full Hours
Opening Reception: Saturday, Jun. 3rd, 6pm -10pm
, 'Heretic,' 2014, DETOUR Gallery

Michael LaBua

Heretic, 2014

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, 'Desiderata,' 2014, DETOUR Gallery

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Desiderata, 2014

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Press Release

Michael LaBua is a self-taught American artist born in Brooklyn, NY in 1986.
As an artist, LaBua seeks the directness of his subjects to evoke emotion within his audience. His paintings act as a
device to ask questions that delve deep into the caverns of the human psyche.
The work primarily consists of large-scale oil paintings which are rendered in a form of detailed realism, typically
fashioned within series. Between these series, you begin to see the unraveling of LaBua’s mind. His vast education
of world history, culture and philosophy are reflected in series such as “Amnesia” and “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to
Dust”, he proposes unique questions of human origins, the passing of time and the afterlife. While other bodies of
work such as “A Semblance” “On Westward” and “In Exile” are littered with allusions to poets and writers such as
Charles Bukowski, Arthur Rimbaud, John Steinbeck and David Foster Wallace. These works mirror an inward
reflection of the wide range of emotions we confront as humans dealing with issues such as family, trauma,
perseverance and the resilience of man in which LaBua believes “such virtues lead one towards humility and
nobility.”
His new series entitled “Subscription-Based” is a collection of oil paintings and mixed media on wooden panels.
This body of work questions the roots of the systemic growth and formation of ideology, culture, human behavior
and social stigmatization, giving a glance to an intriguing polarization between current events juxtaposed with
humorous undertones. The culmination of LaBua’s work can be described as a type of case study examining
humanity and it’s past, present and future.

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