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Sullivan’s sculptures and Irzyk’s paintings share a method of flattening. Sullivan’s spinning objects level out the typical sculptural experience - the objects move 360 degrees and the viewer remains fixed. Irzyk’s paintings are densely layered in thinned paint, pictorial elements develop and recede. Concerns of image v. picture v. object are contended with in both bodies of work. Sullivan’s plastic forms examine the relationship of line, both literal and graphic to surreal and cartoonish imagery while Irzyk places abstract painting against representation and re-evaluating the role of each language.
NICHOLAS SULLIVAN
b. 1987
is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He is an assistant professor in Studio Foundations at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Sullivan earned his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA in 2013, and his B.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA in 2010. Recent exhibitions include; O, Catbox Contemporary, Brooklyn NY; The World Without Us, Brennan & Griffin, New York NY; Gist & Gesture, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL; It/Ego, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY (2016); Peanut, Mumbo’s Outfit, New York, NY; Foster Prize Exhibition curated by Kijidome, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
http://www.nicholas-sullivan.com/
Nick Irzyk
B.1988
lives and works in Queens, NY. He received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2014. Recent solo and two person exhibitions include Rough Country with Michelle Segre at 247365, New York, NY and Triple Andrew at 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY. Recent group exhibitions include Salad for Everyone with Philip Hinge and Jennifer Sullivan at St. Charles Projects, Baltimore, MD, Essex Flowers w/ Catbox Contemporary, New York, NY, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY, NADA Miami and New York, and Motel, Brooklyn, NY. He runs Step sister gallery in New York, NY.
