strike of the synapse: "Never Not Enough" James Seevers at Forthrite

Friday, February 17, 2012

"Never Not Enough" James Seevers at Forthrite

NEVER NOT ENOUGH
These are images from a show I have right now at Forthrite Printshop in Oakland. It'll be up through the end of the month, so come through and pick up a print!

Acrylic on Canvas, 48" x 60"

Some writing about the show:
Complacency is the death of artistic progression. The artist’s attempt to push themselves outside of their normal comfort zone and modes of working in search of new ideas is integral to any studio discipline. Atleast that is one of the ideas behind James Seevers’ solo show at Forthrite Printshop in Oakland. Seevers is known for large-scale acrylic paintings on stretched canvas and the occasional painted wood sculpture. However, at the invitation of Forthrite Printshop owner Conor Ottenweller, a collaboration was undertaken to produce three screenprints to be shown in February alongside preparatory drawings and a new painting by Seevers using the new prints as a point of departure. This show will offer a unique insight into the complete cycle of an artist pursuing a previously unexplored method of making their work, then returning to their typical means of production with new insights.

The content of the show is as ambitious an undertaking as can be imagined; the visual representation of the entire universe. Seevers depicts existence in three scales, the quantum, the human, and the universal. A native of the Bay Area, all of his work stems initially from his close relationship to the landscape here, both in memory and current experience of hiking through the hills and forests. Seevers also draws inspiration from physics, neuroscience, geometry, and a kind of universal spirituality. He has said that his work is about, “…the things that we know are there, but can not see.”