Artist Daniel Boccato's first solo exhibition in New York, “creepers” is on view at The Journal Gallery and will continue to run through December 18, 2016.Daniel Boccato was born in 1991 in Campinas, Brazil, and currently lives and works in New York. He received his BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art. At the exhibition, the artist’s shapeshifting works hang on the walls at eye level, facing the viewers head on. They are made of fibreglass and epoxy, adaptable industrial materials, which are dried to get a sturdy finish that confers a density to the works. The glossy works look like painting-cum-sculpture but there is no painterly trace, resin adheres to paint that has been applied to the mould, coating the work in colour immediately. Boccato collects the outlines of objects, stripping them of narrative, context, and ownership. He has repurposed the found shapes to create the monochromatic sculptures in “Creepers.” In a double take, the human reference is lost and the viewer is reminded that these, too, are forms.The exhibition is on view at The Journal Gallery, 106 North 1st Street Brooklyn, NY 11249. For details, visit: http://www.thejournalinc.comClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek of the exhibition.
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