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Capitain Petzel is pleased to announce It Used To Be, Ross Bleckner’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.
The title of the exhibition implies a contemplation of things past and transitory states – what lingers at the threshold between form and void, presence and absence, of what used to be. It primes us for an experience that is at once elegiac and reflective, exemplary of the artist’s delicate approach to painting and the construction of images.
Bleckner often treats organic forms with an optical softness, blurring their edges until they seem to hover in light. These motifs appear as distilled essences, rather than literal studies. Plants in his work often dissolve into luminous bodies or patterned repetitions, their physical specificity replaced by an atmospheric presence. Rain, when it emerges, tends to take on the form of vertical drips, scattered droplets, or hazy veils of paint.
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Press Release
Capitain Petzel is pleased to announce It Used To Be, Ross Bleckner’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.
The title of the exhibition implies a contemplation of things past and transitory states – what lingers at the threshold between form and void, presence and absence, of what used to be. It primes us for an experience that is at once elegiac and reflective, exemplary of the artist’s delicate approach to painting and the construction of images.
Bleckner often treats organic forms with an optical softness, blurring their edges until they seem to hover in light. These motifs appear as distilled essences, rather than literal studies. Plants in his work often dissolve into luminous bodies or patterned repetitions, their physical specificity replaced by an atmospheric presence. Rain, when it emerges, tends to take on the form of vertical drips, scattered droplets, or hazy veils of paint.