Galerie Koo is delighted to announce its exciting exhibition “Repetition is a Form of Change” by Jon Poblador, American artist. Through his artworks, he expresses the meditative properties of repetitious mark making.
Poblador is a contemporary painter best known for his monochromatic, minimalistic approach to art. He encourages viewers to approach his work by seeing them as what they simply are: formal qualities of shape, line, colour, texture, etc. There is no representation, no narrative, and no illusion of anything else. The framework of the grid, however, is an important factor that ties them together.
“Anything that repeats will always make some kind of pattern. I primarily work with geometric shapes because its orderliness is appealing to me. And so, a grid structure will naturally show up when rectilinear shapes repeat,” Poblador stated.
Prayer, meditation, and ritual, which are foundations of many religions are, in essence, different forms of repetition. It is a way for people to make a connection with the divine. Poblador sees his paintings and drawings as religious works of art. Mark making, geometry, and the grid are the prayers that are repeated over and over again.
“Repetition came to symbolize a re-affirmation of my beliefs. Each piece is like a prayer that acknowledged and celebrated the beauty in the geometry that I admired,” Poblador shared.
Opening Reception: 11th September 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 2-6pm
*Artist in attendance*
Exhibition Period: 11th September – 15th October, 2021
Opening hours: 11 am – 7 pm (Tue-Fri); 12-5pm (Sat)
Outside of opening hours, please contact info@galeriekoo.one for appointments Venue: Galerie Koo, 7/F Vogue Building, 67 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
Artist: Jon Poblador
Medium: Graphite pencil on paper/ ink on paper/ oil on canvas
Admission: Free
Galerie Koo欣然呈獻美國藝術家 Jon Poblador 個展“Repetition is a Form of Change”。他透過其藝術作品表達了痕跡創作（Mark Making）中的重複性與冥想的關聯性。
Poblador是美國當代畫家，以其單色的、極簡的藝術手法而聞名。他認爲觀眾只需觀看作品的本質，其根本：形狀、線條、顏色、紋理等。作品沒有借代，沒有敘事，亦不企圖製造假象。然而，網格是將這次展品聯繫在一起的重要因素。
「任何重覆的東西總是會形成某種框架。我主要用幾何圖形來創作，因為它的規律對我來說很有吸引力。而當形狀重覆時，結構就會自然顯現出來。」Poblador說。
祈禱、冥想和儀式，這些都是許多宗教的基礎，本質上只是以不同形式重複著。它是人們與神靈建立聯繫的一種方式。 Poblador把他的畫作看作是宗教藝術作品。痕跡創作、幾何以及網格就是他一遍又一遍重複著的禱告。
「重覆是我對認知與信仰的沉澱與肯定。每件藝術作品就像一個禱吿，就像上天認同我所欣賞的美。」Poblador表示。
開幕酒會：9月11日(星期六)
時間：下午2-6時
藝術家將出席開幕酒會
展覽日期：9月11日- 10月15日
時間：星期二至五 11-7; 星期六 12-5 (星期日、一及公眾假期歡迎預約info@galeriekoo.one)
地址: 中環雲咸街67號 立健商業大廈7樓
參展藝術家: Jon Poblador
作品類型: 鉛筆紙本 / 水墨紙本 / 油彩布本
門票 ：免費入場