The works of kevin appel they dialogue with the architectural space; in particular, the cool lines of American architects modernists.
However, his most recent works, with a clever remodeling, reduce the vernacular American home to the sum of its parts.
In this way, both pipes, pipes and fragments of wood emerging from the interiors of log cabins and tree houses merge to create semi-abstract assemblages that play with the scale and proportion.
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Complemented by patchworks of stripes, textiles, wood grain, Formica and bricks, painted with exquisite precision and perfect geometry, his art comes alive with a humorous take on modernist design.
Outdoor elements and rudimentary structures collide with a crisp contemporary pattern, creating overlapping piles of swirling debris.
While Kevin's art is fascinating, there is a complex collage spatial layering that compacts the works into a flat plane, creating a kind of confusion as to whether this is construction or collapse.
In the works of the North American artist, the interior spaces are turned inside out, suggesting a domestic crisis or simply nature taking revenge on the suburban sprawl.
However, his most recent works, with an intelligent remodeling, reduce the American vernacular home to the sum of its parts, and this is how pipes, pipes and fragments of wood emerge from the interiors of log cabins and tree houses to create semi-abstract assemblages that play with scale and complexity. proportion.
Appel now incorporates photographs of animals, landscapes, and urban debris into his canvases. Barely visible behind a mesh of gestures and painted shapes, they hint at things moving as we build.
Widely exposed internationally, kevin appel He has had solo exhibitions at the Marianne Boesky Gallery de NY, Wilkinson Gallery de London, Contemporary Art Museum de Los Angeles and Rufino Tamayo Museum of the Mexico City.
His works have been included in collective exhibitions of the Museum of Modern Art de NY and in the Walker Art Center de Minneapolis.
To this day he continues to produce his enigmatic work from his personal studio.
