Exhibition Information

Landon Metz It Was Unusually Quiet On Lafayette Street And For A Brief Moment The Cadence Of My Footsteps Aligned With That Of A Stranger
2023 Dye and canvas 81.3 x 101.6 cm
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Landon Metz I Could See The Waves But I Could Not Hear Them
2023 Dye and canvas 81.3 x 101.6 cm
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Landon Metz The Air Was Humid And The Big Doors Of Our Old Home Stuck Together
2023 Dye and canvas 81.3 x 101.6 cm
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Exhibition view

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			Gana Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of a Brooklyn-based artist Landon Metz(b. 1985)’s It was unusually quiet on Lafayette Street and for a brief moment the cadence of my footsteps aligned with that of a stranger. Continuing to develop a visual language heavily influenced by the vast nature of his hometown Arizona, the artist creates subtle, organic shapes that repeat across the canvas. In his first solo show in Korea from June 9 to July 16, 2023, Gana Art will present his very recent paintings and creative display. Landon Metz’s use of limited color palette and subtle, curvy shapes is closely linked to his unconventional strategies of exhibition display and painting techniques. He applies diluted dye to an unprimed canvas, creating forms characterized by simple, elegant curves. As the paint dries, the color tends to be darker towards the edges while the center becomes lighter, giving his works a sense of depth through mesmerizing gradations of color. Metz also focused on the composition of the unpainted white space, and these visual qualities have cited inspirations of Georgia O’Keeffe’s later paintings made during her travels in the New Mexico, and Maurice Lewis’s aesthetics which blends colorful lines with the negative space of the canvas. Through this exhibition, Gana Art invites the visitors to Landon Metz’s artistic journey as he continues to take on new challenges and provide an opportunity to see his new works that fill the screen with a dynamic yet gentle aura.

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