Press Release - “The website show - an honest approach to an imaginary show” by Jordy Kerwick
pt.2: Oakland
The website show - an honest approach to an imaginary show
Jordy Kerwick
Opening: Saturday, May 16, 2020
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 16th at 4pm
Showing Through: Saturday, June 13th, 2020
Florentin, France
To receive a preview contact
info@part2gallery.com
pt.2 Gallery is proud to announce, “The website show - an honest approach to an imaginary show” by Jordy Kerwick. This body of work challenges the idea of perception, finding beauty in varied interpretations. While we are often urged to cast aside our biases when approaching a piece of artwork, individual prejudices serve as vital components to this series. Viewers, guided by their own experiences, are invited to assess the works on multiple levels, by way of texture, depth, subject matter, and the curatorial approach to hanging (which will sadly not be realized).
Jordy Kerwick
”Untitled Flower #2”
Oil, spray, flashe and acrylic on canvas
47.2 x 39.3 inches
120 x 100 cm
2020
Jordan Kerwick is a self-taught Australian artist. Kerwick’s dense impasto brushstrokes flatten the perception of space, while his thick application of paint offers dimension and texture. He explores the relationship between form and thick patches of color, while incorporating recurring elements of iconography. Contours of palm trees and anchors fuse together the processes of painting and sketching. These intuitive and enticingly tactile marks celebrate artists’ role of investigating, and the inherent potential of oil paint.
Jordy Kerwick
”Berserker fruit bowl”
Oil, spray, flashe and acrylic on canvas
39.3 x 31.4 inches
100 x 80 cm
2020
Born 1982, Melbourne, Australia
Lives and works in Florentin, France
Solo Exhibitions
2020 The Website show - an honest approach to an imaginary show, pt.2 Gallery, Oakland
2019 I Love You. What’s Your Name, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
2019 Fatal Purity, Masahiro Maki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and Paris, France
2019 Summer Marathon, Beers London, London, United Kingdom
2019 Macro/Micro, TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia
2019 Sweep The Leg, Johnny, Pt. 2 Gallery, Oakland, California
2018 Diary of an Introvert, Delphian Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2018 Outro, PIERMARQ*, Sydney, Australia
2018 Looking For Sunshine, Linberg Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Forth Time Around, Linberg Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 From Europe with Love, PIERMARQ*, Sydney, Australia
2019 Play, Galerie Rompone, Cologne, Germany
2019 #Favorites, Ambacher Contemporary, Munich, Germany
2019 Smuggling Vanilla (with Francisco Mendes Moreira), Galerie 42B, Paris, France
2018 Juxtapose Club House, Pt. 2 Gallery, Miami, Florida
2018 Jordan Kerwick & Henrik Godsk, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
2018 Peep (with Alexander Katz), Ober Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
2018 Coffee for Eight, Pt. 2 Gallery, Oakland, California
2018 Internal Voices, Galeri Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
2018 CHRISP, Helium Cowboy, Hamburg, Germany
2018 Flowers, Pier Marg Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2018 Angry Boys Part Two, Museum Det Ny Kastet, Thisted, Denmark
2018 The Radical Familiar, PIERMARQ*, Sydney, Australia
2018 Summer Projects V, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Australia
2017 Summer Show, Linberg Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Paper Cuts (curated by Kristian Day), London
2017 FreshAF, TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia
2017 75 Works on Paper, Beers Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2017 We Are The Ones…, CSK Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 Cut the chords to the moon (with Justin Williams), Galerie L’inlassable, Paris, France
2017 Summer Cool, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
2017 Angry Boys, Galerie Rompone, Koln, Germany
2017 Micro Salon #7, Galerie L’inlassable, Paris, France
2017 Precious Memories, Auto LP, Melbourne, Australia
2016 New Slang, Den-holm Studio’s, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Local Group Show, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia