Emerging Swiss-American impasto painter Chrissy Angliker and established American monumental impasto and resin painter Darius Yektai, of Iranian and Greek heritage, come to artmaking from different cultural perspectives, but connect revealing their shared language of process and materiality. Closing the fall exhibition Chrissy Angliker: Post Liminal at Massey Klein Gallery in New York, Darius Yektai and Chrissy Angliker reflect on the show in-situ to discuss the metaphysical influences of paint as a medium, the poetic energetics of utilizing water’s capacities, the core structures of movement, and the meaning of home. In the wake of a series of sudden losses—her dear friend and motherly figure, her studio of 14 years, and her Brooklyn home—this new body of work has emerged grappling with the resulting wave of instability.
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