Detail of a recent painting in the works for an upcoming solo show with Jonathan LeVine Gallery in February 2015
Tag: 2015
ROCKING FOR NACEO IN JERSEY CITY
Doing my part to keep Nace’s memory alive. This roof is just a stones throw away from the old Jersey City Hall Of Fame, a place Nace and I spent many hours spraying.
Nace was the first writer I met that took a professional approach to painting illegal graffiti. His friendship had a lasting influence on my life. Rest In Peace
Photo: Joe Russo
THUG PASSION
Rime, Thug Passion, Acrylic & oil stick on canvas, 171 X 102 CM, 2015
OUT, IN, DOWN & OUT
Rime, Out, In, Down & Out, Acrylic & oil stick on canvas, 171 X 102 CM, 2015
OUI OUI – DANGER ZONE
Oui Oui aka No Really Means Yes, Collaboration with Eric Haze, 2015
GRAPHIC PAINTING – DANGER ZONE
ABSTRACT PAINTING – DANGER ZONE
For catalogue and show information please contact Claude Kunitz at contact@galerie-wallworks.com
RIME – DANGER ZONE – GALERIE WALLWORKS – PARIS, APRIL 2ND
After a two month long residency in Paris, France, I am please to present my second solo show at Galerie Wallworks. Showing over 20 new paintings created in Paris and New York City. Opening reception – Thursday April 2nd, 7-10 pm. For catalogue and show information please contact Claude Kunitz at contact@galerie-wallworks.com
My thought process while creating work for this show –
What a pain in the ass it is to tell the truth. To do what you want while embracing actions in an unapologetic way. At times you question what is off the cuff, and what was meticulously plotted long before you said it. Genuine connection to universal meaning. Honesty. To somehow dazzle and offend all at the same time, as a junky for odd circumstance. You want to believe you’re always on. That you’re this cache of engaging life experience, that is so abundant, so graceful as it’s spilled all over others. Dilemma. Infectious questions are the answer… Running as fast as you can from that fine line between corny and cool. Seasoned storyteller with a dysfunctional sense of humor. 90% proof. You want to believe that you have it all figured out under the flag of always being in the process of figuring it out. Fighting the guilt of sleeping past noon. Commitment to the line. Expecting more than the line of “I like the colors though”.
-Rime
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