“Short Cuts” by Artist Charlie Roberts

A collection of new paintings by American artist Charlie Roberts. At this time primarily based in Oslo, Roberts’ perform takes inspiration from pop lifestyle, hiphop, comics, folks artwork, as effectively as artists like Henri Matisse, James Ensor, and Florine Stettheimer. Marking his to start with presentation in Taipei, “Short Cuts” gives up an investigation into what it indicates for the modern day topic to expand, make, and accomplish. Below Roberts can be viewed pushing his elongated figures towards a new register as he explores the pursuit of happiness, central to American Cinema.

“Staged to resemble pictures ranging from Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Puzzled to Mary Harron’s American Psycho, Roberts’s pictures mimic — when retaining his signature treatment method of viewpoint — the composition and narrative openness inherent to the format of film stills… If the cinema is stated to be a environment that exists just adjacent to ours, then the functions invite the viewers to challenge themselves onto the carefully crafted scenes. Somewhat than performing as a sort of escapism, however, the projections lead correct again to the genuine entire world as the thematics turn into apparent — do the job, labour, and the pleasure that rests in completion — the paintings insist upon the entire world we inhabit and the ambitions we job on to it.”

See more photos beneath or on display screen with WOAW Gallery at the Taipei World Trade Centre May well 20 – 22nd.