@ China Art Objects, Los Angeles
"Endowed with human attributes and inspiring empathy grounded in likeness, they speak powerfully of the pathetic banality, stubborn determination, and relentless optimism that define our path through life as a tragicomedy of epic proportion." (taken from here)
Jonathan Plypchuk, new work
China Art Objects, Los Angeles
taken from earlier press release from Blaffer Art Museum, Houston....
Pylypchuk’s world is populated by the unfit and beaten down, the rascals and rowdies who benefit from the fact that our society is not ruled by Darwinian laws but according to civilized terms of socialization that are inclusive even of the most depraved of human beings.
Not that Pylypchuk’s creatures are all depravity, but they certainly do represent the more unsavory side of humankind, one that is usually repressed and buried under a variety of social codes, be they moral guidelines or simple parameters of SO-CALLED ACCEPTABLE public behavior within which we grow up and learn to integrate ourselves into the fabric of society. Pylypchuk’s characters often seem to have lost or abandoned those compasses intended to steer us toward a fulfilled and happy life, and as a result they face quite the opposite. Theirs is the wounded condition of those who have seen harm done either to themselves or to others, one that often compels them to do the same.
They combine a hearty dose of cynicism and anger at THE UNFAIRNESS OF IT ALL with a wicked sense of survivalist humor. The phalanx of creatures populating Pylypchuk’s paintings, drawings, and sculptures is channeling our worst fears and greatest hopes. Endowed with human attributes and inspiring empathy grounded in likeness, they speak powerfully of the pathetic banality, stubborn determination, and relentless optimism that define our path through life as a tragicomedy of epic proportion."
all text taken from here...
excited to see this new work, see you tonight....
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