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Hoffman Donahue is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Greg Parma Smith.
Parma Smith’s latest series, developed since 2017, explores optical effects that hold the viewer in a state of uncertainty between flatness and depth. Built from repeated geometric forms and subtle tonal shifts, his compositions appear to both recede and advance, hovering at the edge of dimensionality. Though they may resemble digital images, his process is entirely analogue, using a systematic approach to construct volume from discrete units.
Working across figuration and abstraction, Parma Smith combines traditional oil painting with layered imagery drawn from art history and contemporary visual culture. His work positions itself as a post-subculture extension of earlier painters such as Manet, Cézanne, and Johns, who were attuned to the artificiality of the image, reanimating that concern through a contemporary visual language. As he describes it, his work “seeks to create new spaces in painting…
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Hoffman Donahue is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Greg Parma Smith.
Parma Smith’s latest series, developed since 2017, explores optical effects that hold the viewer in a state of uncertainty between flatness and depth. Built from repeated geometric forms and subtle tonal shifts, his compositions appear to both recede and advance, hovering at the edge of dimensionality. Though they may resemble digital images, his process is entirely analogue, using a systematic approach to construct volume from discrete units.
Working across figuration and abstraction, Parma Smith combines traditional oil painting with layered imagery drawn from art history and contemporary visual culture. His work positions itself as a post-subculture extension of earlier painters such as Manet, Cézanne, and Johns, who were attuned to the artificiality of the image, reanimating that concern through a contemporary visual language. As he describes it, his work “seeks to create new spaces in painting…
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