DAYDREAMERS

DAYDREAMERS

AUSTYN TAYLOR + DIMITRIOS TADE

FEB 19 MAR 25 2023

BREACH GALLERY PRESENTS, “DAYDREAMERS”, AN EXHIBITION FEATURING NEW WORK FROM TWO CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, AUSTYN TAYLOR AND DIMITRIOS TADE. PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE IN THIS EXHIBITION PRESENT SUBJECTS INSPIRED FROM THE ARTISTS’ COLORFUL IMAGINATIONS. CHARACTERS AND ANIMALS INTERMINGLE WITH A PLAYFUL OPTIMISM AND SINCERITY. VIBRANT COLORS IMBUE THE ANIMATED FIGURES AS THEY HIGHLIGHT THE UNIVERSALITY OF HEROES AND ICONS SPRUNG FROM AN UNDENIABLY HOPEFUL REALITY.

 

AUSTYN TAYLOR (B. 1984, ROCHESTER NY) PRESENTS SCULPTURES THAT ILLUSTRATE AN ABSURDIST HUMOR, ONES THAT CHALLENGE THE BALANCE BETWEEN “REALISM” AND “OPTIMISM”. HER HANDMADE SCULPTURES INCORPORATE FORMS DRAWN FROM ANIMATION, MODERN ART, AND ANCIENT SCULPTURE, CREATING FIGURES THAT ENCOURAGE A PERSONAL AND PLAYFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VIEWER. THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC ANIMALS, CHARACTERS WHO TAYLOR SAYS HAVE BEEN WITH HER THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, STAND WITH UNEQUIVOCAL CONFIDENCE. WHOLESOME AND OPTIMISTIC, FOR THE MOST PART, THE FIGURES APPEAR AS TREASURED FRIENDS OR IMAGINARY ICONS OF A FRESH AND ALTERNATE WORLD. THEIR DYNAMIC EMOTIONS PROJECT A CERTAIN CARNAL FREEDOM, FIXATED IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, PROVIDING A WELCOME RESPITE FROM OUR HUMAN PERCEPTION OF TIME.

 

DIMITRIOS TADE (B. 1990, ATHENS) CREATES WORK THAT FOCUSES ON A UNIVERSE OF CHARACTERS DRAWN FROM HIS IMAGINATION. HE BRINGS TO LIFE MYTHICAL HEROES, WHO POP OUT FROM THE CANVAS WITH FORMS DERIVED FROM ANIMALS AND MONSTERS, TO ROBOTS AND DINOSAURS. HIS CREATURES, OFTEN GESTURING ENTHUSIASTICALLY WITH A POINT OFF TO THE SIDE, APPEAR ALMOST ENCOURAGING AS THEY SEEM TO INHABIT AN EXTRA-DIMENSIONAL SPACE UPON RAW CANVAS. INFLUENCED HEAVILY BY ARTISTS SUCH AS JOE BRADLEY, TADE INCORPORATES NEGATIVE SPACE AND LAYERS OF COLOR TO RENDER LIVELY AND FAMILIAR STRUCTURES WITH A GESTURAL STYLE. HIS PAINTINGS EXPLORE IMAGINED REALITIES AND THE LIMITLESS BOUNDS OF HIS OWN CREATIVE VISION.