Name: Fields: Martyna Alexander Solo Exhibition Opening Reception
Start: 2022-04-09T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-04-09T21:00:00-04:00
Location: PLAYGROUND DETROIT Gallery

Fields: Martyna Alexander Solo Exhibition Opening Reception

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Martyna Alexander’s dynamic paintings exhibited in "Fields," mimic stark polarities between the natural and human-made.

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Join us for the Opening Reception of Martyna Alexander’s solo exhibition, &quot;Fields&quot; debuting to the public on Saturday, April 9th from 6-9pm at 2845 Gratiot Avenue. RSVP is NOT required to attend.Mimicking stark polarities between the natural and human-made, Martyna Alexander’s dynamic paintings exhibited in &quot;Fields,&quot; balance gestural abstraction and cleanly designed elements; earth tones and bright, bold colors. This is the first solo exhibition with PLAYGROUND DETROIT for the Detroit-based painter and graphic designer. Her paintings represent an on-going search for the equilibrium between competing forces that challenge Alexander and encourage her to explore experiences where adherence to logic opposes instinctive emotion. In this space of exploration, the advancement of technology opposes our relationship to nature; systems of production and consumption oppose reflection, healing, and nurturance. Plentiful variations in materials and subtle gradations of shade within complementary hues are offered as an antidote to black and white thinking. The paintings become an interface wherein two systems can meet and engage, nodding toward hopeful outcomes that burgeon from confrontation and acceptance of each others’ myriad differences.

From the artist:“I observe the extremes through which humans often interpret our lives as I search for a middle ground—a field of overlap where opposing perspectives converge. I work to bring subtlety, nuance, and reverence for difference into my paintings. My obsession with contrast—rigid geometries versus meandering, spontaneous marks; organic textures versus smooth surfaces; and vibrant color fields versus subtle tones—mirrors my fascination with a tension that exists in the larger world between contrarieties, balance and a lack-there-of.

&quot;My exploration of opposing and complimentary visual elements echoes the entangled emotional arcs that define our human relationships to one another, to nature, and our compulsion to manufacture control through systems that dictate our lives. I like to pare dichotomies down to their most elemental visual forms. Spontaneous marks, shapes, and colors create a vibrant dialogue within abstraction that is not clouded by the specificities of representative objects or the baggage of daily life.” -Martyna Alexander

ABOUT THE ARTISTMartyna Alexander is a Detroit-based artist and designer that is drawn to juxtaposed opposites and how we deal with tensions - both visually and within our lives. Her process incorporates both chance and control as she experiments with immediacy, gesture, and thought. The work is a search for a language to confront the many polarities that exist in our current culture and a reflection of the equilibrium that can be found in duality.When she is not staring at one of many screens, reading, or painting in her studio, she can be found picking up trash, riding her moped, or simply thinking about being a minimalist. She believes that it is important that we do everything that we can to understand and protect the environment, and encourage healthful and healing ways of living. She is an alumnus of the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design. The exhibition is on view through May 14th, with viewing hours from 12-5pm Thursday-Saturday By Appointment at 2845 Gratiot Avenue.

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