NOZZLE

 

 

Spray paint on canvas, 2018

This gallery series examines the relationship between tool, technique, and artistic intention. The first piece challenges freehand pattern-making with an aerosol tool that requires precise distance control, investigating where human imperfection meets material possibility.

The second work employs directional line-pulling with intentional negative space at the canvas bottom, creating visual tension that pulls viewers forward while questioning spatial completion.

The third piece reinterprets Damien Hirst's dot paintings through fat cap spray technique, creating an imperfect grid system that relies on viewer perception to complete its pattern. Beyond this obvious art-historical reference, the colorful dot variation also references contemporary digital aesthetics from games like Candy Crush—a "pop off" rather than pop art.

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  • CUT AND SEW

    CUT AND SEW

    Apexer’s hand-quilted spray paint series is a 15-year exploration of material contradiction, cutting and re-stitching sprayed canvas to stress paint’s brittle nature at quilted seams, merging ancestral sewing heritage with...

    CUT AND SEW

    Apexer’s hand-quilted spray paint series is a 15-year exploration of material contradiction, cutting and re-stitching sprayed canvas to stress paint’s brittle nature at quilted seams, merging ancestral sewing heritage with...

  • REFLECTED

    REFLECTED

    Apexer’s site-specific installation at 941 Gallery (White Walls Shooting Gallery) transformed an auto body shop space into an immersive environmental experience, featuring 6’ x 6’ canvases in bold, super-saturated primary...

    REFLECTED

    Apexer’s site-specific installation at 941 Gallery (White Walls Shooting Gallery) transformed an auto body shop space into an immersive environmental experience, featuring 6’ x 6’ canvases in bold, super-saturated primary...

  • NOZZLE

    NOZZLE

    Apexer’s 2018 gallery series explores the interplay between tool, technique, and artistic intent, pushing spray paint’s precision and imperfection; from freehand pattern-making to negative space manipulation and a fat cap...

    NOZZLE

    Apexer’s 2018 gallery series explores the interplay between tool, technique, and artistic intent, pushing spray paint’s precision and imperfection; from freehand pattern-making to negative space manipulation and a fat cap...

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