CARL FUDGE

Paintings + Prints

May 13 – August 13, 2011

Carl Fudge’s exhibition will feature a selection of work from 2000-2011. Combining digital technology with the more traditional art-making techniques of painting and printmaking, he creates rich, densely layered, kaleidoscopic patterns merging many attributes of Modernism with the characteristics of digital bytes. During the 11 years represented by this exhibition, Fudge visually sampled existing imagery from sources as wide-ranging as 17th century Japanese woodcuts, contemporary Japanese animé, Andy Warhol’s Camouflage paintings and the machine-age woodcuts of the early 20th century British artist, Edward Wadsworth. In final presentation form, Fudge’s reconfigurations become dazzling acrylic paintings on canvas or silkscreened prints on paper. Throughout his work, he investigates the visual and cultural complexity of pattern and motif. Born in London, Carl Fudge now lives and works in New York City. His work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Brooklyn Museum; and the Denver Art Museum, among others. He teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design. Carl Fudge will be present for the opening reception.