A large percentage of all shows
happening right now in Brooklyn are group shows of line-based abstract
paintings. Being a photographer, I find there is a certain level of
understanding of painting that escapes me, and that can be good. I get to enjoy
stuff without being weighed down with a thorough understanding of the
historical context or an intimate knowledge of painterly technique. So I find
myself just responding to color and whatever random connections the
abstractions bring to mind. With that said, I really liked Karolak’s show at McKenzie
Fine Art. It did remind me a lot of other shows across the river, but with Karolak’s
scale and level of execution, you could easily convince me he inspired the
countless other shows I’ve seen of graphic abstraction. The bigger pieces
seemed to have some simple but enjoyable play with color theory; reds were laid
on purples, which were laid on magentas, which were laid on blues. I did see the
show with a painter friend who pointed out that the work reminded him of a handful
of older painters, but in my ignorance, I dug on the bright Trapper-Keeper
palate.
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