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1 day agoJuxtapoz Magazine - Bugbee: Sam Friedman and Josh Sperling @ Library Street Collective, Detroit
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.
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