SEBASTIAN BLANCK | DEAR

Tayloe Piggott Gallery is thrilled to introduce work of American artist Sebastian Blanck (b. 1976). The exhibition will feature a collection of 14 works, including oil paintings and painted and collaged assemblages capturing intimate everyday moments in time. Join us for an opening reception Friday, May 12th from 6 – 8pm.

The work challenges the viewer to stand still and lose oneself in Blanck’s narratives through strong lines, vibrant color and playful composition. His paintings are an expression of the feelings that connect us with one another. By capturing the personalities of loved ones, close friends, and his children at play, Blanck is able to convey a mood with great familiarity giving both an emotional and a visual impact on the viewer.

By using a distinctly personal collage technique, Blanck layers painted paper over watercolor onto stretched Japanese paper. While the collaged watercolor assemblages make up a large part of his body of work, Blanck has begun to explore more recently with oils on canvas. Working from photographs, he has tasked himself to making a painting a day. This structure allows him to work quickly and intuitively without giving way to overworked canvases, but reveling in the unintended mistakes and possibilities.

Sebastian Blanck received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Colorado, Switzerland and Sweden and has been featured in group shows in New York, Chicago and Sweden. In 2001, he was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. Blanck lives and works in New York City.