DAN CHRISTOFFERSON & TRENT CALLApril 17 - May 12, 2009
Opening Reception Friday, April 17, 6-9pm
Trent Call's new series of paintings explore themes of experimentation and spontaneity. Trent challenged himself to keep the works quiet and minimal by using an indirect and open process—approaching each piece from the edge, he worked toward the center, building and destroying layers and allowing odd, abstract shapes and figures to form in the center. In addition, Trent will unveil a cityscape that he has been working on for the past seven months.
In contrast, Dan Christofferson planned his new works out completely—from color schemes to the number of pieces and their framing and placement—while working on smoothing the gap between hand-rendered, physical mark-making and digital illustration. Dan's pieces decode an intricate story of his heritage. Using animals, Mormon symbolism, hands and cryptic heraldry, he tells a story of the thrift and industry of ancestral laborers and worksmiths, linking generations of men in his family who have worked hard to impact the lives of their families. His slow, intricate process starts with sketches and progresses through a series of scans, digital manipulation, printing, redrawing and painting.
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