Opening October 11, 2008 - November 8, 2008Curated by Al Moran
MIAMI, FL - September 29, 2008 - O.H.W.O.W. is pleased to announce the first major solo exhibition of work from Rostarr in Miami, his largest showcase of work up to date. Wreckless Abandon will feature new large‐scale paintings that combine his “Graphysics” (visual energy) aesthetic and free‐formed elegant drawings based on his human behavior studies. His work extends into the mediums of painting, digital media, sculpture, textile, video and public art projects with the ‘Barnstormers’ collective, a core member since 1999.
Through the balance of dynamism and geometric order characteristic of his work, Rostarr explores the arbitrariness and relationship between significance and signifier with a sensibility that stems from his interest in iconography and calligraphy, an ancient practice which combines form and content into brush strokes. By using various materials, Rostarr is able to enhance the expressive capacity of surfaces. The eye floats above a tumultuous strength, in the fluid hard lines and soft splatter, propagating like crashing waves in a storm.
Born in Korea in 1971, Rostarr moved to Washington D.C. when he was a child. He then graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1993. In 2000, he was featured as one of I.D. magazine’s “I.D. 40 under 30.” And in 2004 he was recognized as an honoree at the A.I.C.P. show held yearly at the MOMA for his graphics in the Nike Basketball Asia “Flow” campaign. Alife published his first book “Graphysics” in 2001. Art Forum, Modern Painters, The Village Voice, The New York Times and Artnet.com have reviewed his work.
ABOUT O.H.W.O.W.: Our House West of Wynwood, (O.H.W.O.W) is one of Miami’s most exciting and new high profile art spaces. Out with the old and in with the new, O.H.W.O.W. is a promising new gallery with an interior designed by Rafael de Cardenas of Architecture at Large. As Miami constantly reinvents itself, the now closed Moore Space audience has a new home for experiencing prominent international and U.S. based experimental art as well as innovative contemporary art forms. It will achieve this through an alternative cross‐disciplinary perspective, musical performances, artists and curators residencies and book publishing which will reflect the state of contemporary art today in all new forms and mediums representing groundbreaking voices and intellects.
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