About this Event
"Rhinoceros" by Artist Darin Latimer is a distillation of digesting conflict without specifically naming what the conflict is. The works include intensely contorted, densely detailed 'Heads' and looser, more gently colored compositions that the artist confesses come as close to pure abstraction as any he has ever made. Darin's work continues his explorations into complicated images that originate as digital drawings and collage before graduating into paintings executed in acrylic, Krink Ink and occasionally, Flex Seal. The title of the exhibition reflects his mood over our National turmoil. Debuting nearly 40 new paintings, some assemblage sculpture and dozens of small works on paper, this is the artist's 8th solo exhibition.
Darin Latimer was born in Detroit, MI and has long been obsessed with the city. He started drawing as a very small child, long before he talked, according to his mother, and he never stopped. Drawing was often the antidote to boredom or obligations. He used to skip school, returning to the city to spend whole days spelunking, book-hunting, salvage-picking, concert and club-going, but mostly just driving around with a camera. The photos were often details of architectural and natural distress patterns, jumbled topographies of sheared off brick from an adjacent demolition, fire scars on the sides of semi-collapsed buildings, scrub trees so choked with snagged plastic trash they appeared to be breathing in the wind. These images informed a drawing practice that grew out of manic and compulsive adolescent doodling, joined a growing immersion in the history of art and film and lead to his own unique visual lexicon; or, more succinctly as Latimer states, "I started making my own Distress."The resulting images, whether Paintings, Collage, Pandemic-Inspired cardboard sculptures, and more recently, digital drawings, almost entirely resolve into pictures of faces or figures, sometimes compressed in multitudes (or cityscapes), but almost never complete abstraction.
“Rhinoceros” opens with a public reception on Friday, September 19th from 6 to 9pm. There will be an artist talk on Saturday, September 20th at 2pm. This exhibition is included in the programming for Chicago Exhibition Weekend.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Elephant Room Gallery, 704 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, United States
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