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Atlas is a solo exhibition by Owen Westberg presented at april april from January 10 to February 28, 2026, marking the artist’s first solo exhibition in his hometown of Pittsburgh.
The exhibition proposes a renewed approach to still life and plein-air painting. Rather than focusing on arrangement, spectacle, or the aura of objects, Westberg moves his compositions toward abstraction. Each painting functions as a “container for experience,” where physical matter becomes fluid and energetic, sustaining psychological perception.
The imagery evokes dim, searching light—like the glow of a cell phone illuminating a menu—where patterns repeat across pictorial planes. Decorative references such as Tiffany-style pendant lamps hovering over vintage restaurant booths create a sense of suspended luminosity. Within this atmosphere, recognizable motifs drift in and out of clarity: gardens, plowed fields, a flo…
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Atlas is a solo exhibition by Owen Westberg presented at april april from January 10 to February 28, 2026, marking the artist’s first solo exhibition in his hometown of Pittsburgh.
The exhibition proposes a renewed approach to still life and plein-air painting. Rather than focusing on arrangement, spectacle, or the aura of objects, Westberg moves his compositions toward abstraction. Each painting functions as a “container for experience,” where physical matter becomes fluid and energetic, sustaining psychological perception.
The imagery evokes dim, searching light—like the glow of a cell phone illuminating a menu—where patterns repeat across pictorial planes. Decorative references such as Tiffany-style pendant lamps hovering over vintage restaurant booths create a sense of suspended luminosity. Within this atmosphere, recognizable motifs drift in and out of clarity: gardens, plowed fields, a flo…
