Howard’s is proud to present Meanwhile…, a solo exhibition by New York based Greg Bogin. It will open Saturday November 2nd, from 4-6 pm, and run through December 15th. The show will consist of four paintings and small works on paper.
Greg Bogin’s paintings play with a language of minimalism, pop art, bike racing aesthetics, and graphic design. His shaped canvases are painted over hand-crafted stretchers, and float on the wall with gravity and humor. They develop from rudimentary drawings and cut-paper color studies, some of which are included in this show. The shapes often hint at signage or an indecipherable language, sometimes alluding to cartoonish body parts or cool geometric logos. His electric sense of color gives the work an artificial glow, with neons and brightly colored sprayed gradients. Bogin embraces the optimism and visual sublime of American abstraction with a hint of irony. Beautiful paintings in uncertain times.
Greg Bogin was born in New York and continues to live and work there. He received his BFA from Cooper Union in 1987. He has had solo shows at Mary Boone Gallery, NY; Leo Koenig Gallery, NY; Koenig & Clinton, NY; Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich; Jablonka Galerie, Cologne; Ishizaka Art, Tokyo; Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi & co, Milan. He is now represented by Marlborough Chelsea in New York. Greg enjoys cycling and pizza.
Tangerine, Acrylic and Urethane on canvas, 2019, 62” round