Andrew Lyles: Defining Things and Not Words

The recent work of Andrew Lyles shows us a process – one of a remarkably
focused investigation of color and form. This process starts with an
exploration of the possibilities with painting. Andrew works to find
relationships within a surface that have meaning for him as a reference to
the world as he sees it. These surfaces are rich and thick, heavily worked –
an attempt to find an organization within the confines of a rectangle (sort
of) that resonates. These surfaces indicate a “painter’s” struggle to
resolve the conditions of the work within the constraints of this
traditional focus. But he can’t. These surfaces become part of the world
that he is responding to, and the process continues.

Fri., April 2, 6-9 p.m.; Fri., April 9, 6-9 p.m.; Fri., April 16, 6-9 p.m., 2010