Philip Martin Gallery is delighted to current, “Gravity,” a web based exhibition of recent and never-before-seen works-on-paper and work by Austrian grasp Hubert Schmalix (1952-2025) in dialog with these of Los Angeles-based artist Laurie Nye (b. 1972, Memphis, TN). For over 5 many years, Hubert Schamlix made works of large grace, seeking to creativeness and reminiscence to achieve heights of expression. Laurie Nye orients her items round interiority and instinct, exploring locations each actual and unreal to search out deeper layers of expertise.
The work of Austrian-born Hubert Schmalix first grew to become identified within the early 1980’s as a part of what was generally described because the Neue Wilde (New Wild). Mentioned in phrases of portray with a capital ’P,’ Schmalix’s work had been seen as an energized, expressive response to the dry, mental artwork local weather of the late 1970’s that had determined portray was completely out of date. Schmalix moved to Los Angeles from Austria by the use of the Philippines in 1987; in Southern California, he pursued portray’s large questions and basic themes: landscapes, nudes and nonetheless life.
Hubert Schmalix’s works should not simply photos; they’re additionally an investigation into how work are made. On the similar time, they’re an investigation into the observe of portray itself. “My work will be interpreted in some ways, after all. And that’s a very good factor,” he as soon as commented, occurring to level out that, “I merely attempt to let the image develop by itself, to not purpose for a direct aim, however to work continually whereas detaching gravity.” Hubert Schmalix’s work is outlined by vibrant colours, simplified types, and a particular visible language all coming collectively in daring, color-rich compositions that immerse the viewer in layered, painterly worlds.
The work of Laurie Nye depict Los Angeles and Tennessee – the 2 locations she calls residence – in addition to a variety of actual and mythic locations. “I exploit my intuitive course of and mix it with reminiscence and concepts about nature and panorama,” Nye writes. “I grew up tenting and fishing within the Ozarks in Arkansas. My father instilled in me a reverence of stillness and oneness with the water. It wasn’t boring to take a seat in a ship for hours, studying to solid a line and catching solely guppies or twigs. It was every thing else that mattered. The sounds of the birds, the animals throughout, the mysterious darkish of the water and the way it sounded once we floated together with the motor off.” In her work, Nye encourages the viewer’s sense of panorama, not solely by way of particular locales, but additionally by way of what these locales imply with regard to private expression and freedom. “I really like the thought of fictional locations, fabled locations, recollections and experiences of actual locations all combined collectively in a non-linear approach – enjoying with the notion of what panorama portray could possibly be or ought to be.”
