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① Artwork:
Moto-Tunel Rosa
In this painting, a motorcycle careens toward an elongated cleft with cobalt blue and muted green tones complementing a rose tint. A structure of arches crosses above, while succulent plants reach up from below, as if to tickle or ensnare.
Michael Gac Levin's work evokes the mystery and intensity of childhood. At the core of the artist's work is a lighthearted, diaristic drawing practice guided by repetition and humor. Levin rides a wobbly line down into memory to find images that speak both to present predicaments and an uncertain future.
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③ Artist:
Michael Gac Levin’s paintings evoke the mystery and the intensity of childhood, while simultaneously exploring present predicaments and an uncertain future. Riding a wobbly line down into memory, the artist creates reflective, dreamlike compositions that depict a world where everything is animate and purposeful, yet mute and inscrutable. At the core of Levin’s work is a lighthearted, diaristic drawing practice guided by repetition and humor.
Michael Gac Levin was born in Los Angeles in 1984. The artist received an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York in 2015 and a BA from the University of Chicago in Illinois in 2006.
A solo exhibition of Levin’s paintings and drawings, Old Skin Horse, took place at Woody Gallery in Brooklyn, New York in 2021.
Group exhibitions that have shown Levin’s work have taken place at: My Pet Ram in New York City; Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, New York; and online with Far X Wide.
Levin’s work has been featured in Artmaze Magazine and Maake Magazine.
Levin has completed special projects online for the Jewish Museum and SCREEN_.
