Showing posts with label Saul Hoffman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saul Hoffman. Show all posts

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Touch/Tone at Matrix Fine Art


 It’s always a joy to return to Matrix Fine Art, the sister gallery of New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery. Director Regina Held assembles cutting edge art shows that consistently draw the crowds in regardless of the season. When I attend her exhibitions, I often pause for a moment to take in the swirl of gallery activity. This time I realized what sets it apart is the live printing press demonstration that is a welcomed break during the evening show.

Artists William Ruller and Saul Hoffman join Susan Reid in this group exhibition of textured abstract paintings that beg to be touched. Ruller creates large, tangible, subtly colored geometric paintings. He combines oil paint with textures of crumbled brick and concrete to represent the frailties of humanity; and the erosion of lives that once existed. Hoffman’s clay mosaics are diametrically opposed to Ruller’s in that they are bursting with small, colorful and almost candy-like details and pattern.  Middle ground is created by the aboriginal inspired dot paintings of Susan Reid.  Her deliberate geometric pattern have a meditative, yet mesmerizing quality about them that is uniquely her own.