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① Artwork:
This Was Then
In this text-based painting made from hand-cut and painted wood relief, letterforms from the work’s title inspire the architecture of the artwork. Moving left to right and top to bottom, these forms reinterpret traditional modes of communication, offering a reconsidered visual language that encourages the viewer to engage more deeply with the work’s sentiment.
In this series, each individual piece found in an artwork is individually cut, hand-laminated (to achieve the relief quality), sanded, painted, and reassembled.
Scott Albrecht informs his art with typography, language, and design. He typically begins with a phrase, quote, or maxim, which he then deconstructs and reconfigures into a combination of shapes, colors, and patterns, offering a new visual language with alternate ways for the viewer to absorb the art’s message.
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③ Artist:
Known for his wood relief paintings, ink drawings, large-scale murals, and mixed media sculptures, Scott Albrecht informs his work with typography, language, and design. He typically begins with a phrase, quote, or maxim, which he then deconstructs and reconfigures into a combination of shapes, colors, and patterns. Seemingly abstract artworks hold hidden meanings, which, in turn, inform their making. As such, this new visual language creates alternate ways for the viewer to engage with the art’s message.
Scott Albrecht was born in 1983 in New Brunswick, NJ, and lives in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated with a degree in Graphic Design from the Art Institute of Philadelphia (2003).
Albrecht has mounted solo exhibitions at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, and New York City, NY( 2022, 2021, 2020); First Amendment Gallery in San Francisco, CA (2018); and Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia, PA (2017).
He has been included in group exhibitions such as Multiples at Hashimoto Contemporary in New York City, NY (2021); Vanguard at Outre Gallery in Melbourne, Australia (2019); Direction / Instruction IV at Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia, PA (2019); Surface Spectrum at Mash Gallery in Los Angeles, CA (2019); and others.
His work has been featured in publications like Brain Magazine (2022), Artforum (2021), Juxtapoz (2020), and Booooooom (2017).
In this text-based painting made from hand-cut and painted wood relief, letterforms from the work’s title inspire the architecture of the artwork. Moving left to right and top to bottom, these forms reinterpret traditional modes of communication, offering a reconsidered visual language that encourages the viewer to engage more deeply with the work’s sentiment.More
- Framed: 35.0 x 28.5 x 2.0 in.
