"Friedman's 'Cave Paintings' move fluidly between abstract and representational forms, investigating the relationship between paint, tools, and surface, often measured against the scale of the human body. He employs repetition and self-imposed constraints to allow chance and imperfection to emerge, creating works that feel boundless and meditative. Meanwhile, within his 'Double Bubble' works, Sperling distills architectural forms into pared-down vocabularies. He constructs complex plywood frameworks, which he covers with stretched canvas and paints in bold, often contrasting colors."
"Alongside form-evident in the content of the paintings and in the irregularly shaped substrates that the artists employ-color serves as a unifying force in the exhibition. Sperling's refined surfaces explore chromatic interplay and optical vibration, while Friedman builds luminous atmospheres through gradients and freehand lines that suggest horizons, skies, or shifting light. In both practices, Sperling and Friedman's palettes become agents of spatial and emotional resonance, transforming flat supports into immersive experiences."
Library Street Collective will open Bugbee on October 18, 2025, a two-person presentation of new and collaborative works by Sam Friedman and Josh Sperling. Friedman’s Cave Paintings move between abstraction and representation, probing paint, tools, and surface at a scale calibrated to the human body and using repetition and self-imposed constraints to let chance and imperfection surface. Sperling’s Double Bubble pieces reduce architecture to pared vocabularies, building plywood frameworks covered with stretched canvas and painted in bold, often contrasting colors, occupying the border between painting and sculpture. Color unifies both practices, shaping spatial and emotional resonance. Bugbee references the preschool the artists attended in Oneonta, New York, marking a lifelong creative bond.
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