Gallery Artists: Miles Bair

Miles Bair's deceivingly simple imagery and straightforward juxtapositions convey the temporal coexistence of cultural edifice and nature in both the real and the imagined world.  Bair's paintings have a highly resolved, handmade quality--a dot pattern emerges.  But the dot patterns do not directly reference the pixel or printing processes; the technique provides a structure for abstract patterning within microcosmic landscapes.  The most recent series features large areas of gold or silver gilding that evoke Kano and Rimpa screen paintings.  These gilded passages suggest a balance of orders and metaphorical meanings while integrating an architectural sensibility into the paintings.

Bair frequently visits and works in Japan where nature and culture are intertwined.  Although the artist's work is influenced by Japanese aesthetics it is also situated among a tradition of American scene painters.

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