THE HAND OF COEXISTENCE. Sculpture by Seung-guk Kim, located in one of the most easternmost points of South Korea, Pohang. I love the idea behind it: reach out.
Currently on view at Anno Domini Gallery in San Jose, California is artist Mike Egan’s solo exhibition entitled, “Where Death Goes to Die.”
Mike shared his thoughts with me on this exhibition and stated, “2108 has me feeling like I’m at a bit of a cross roads in my career as an artist. I wanted to create a body of work for this show that was new and fresh but still screamed ‘Mike Egan did that!’ I’ve never been one to that is experimental with color and I wanted to change that. The idea of drawing the viewer into a painting with color always appealed to me. With using new colors for me like purples and aquas and using the gradient colors I feel like these new paintings really pop. Another shift is the size of the work that I’m doing. I wanted the paintings to have a commanding presence in the gallery. Although I still have the themes of death and dying running through my work I’m hoping that people find joy and happiness with how fresh and bright everything is. The title “Where Death Goes To Die” is kind of me saying forget about the sadness and death aspects of my work and maybe focus on the new graphic qualities and colors that I’m using. I’m still alive, moving and growing as an artist!”
The exhibition is on view until December 14th, 2018.
