When looking at Josh Podoll’s paintings they won’t give you anything to think about, and that is sort of the point. My eye gets caught in the air-brushed, optical illusion like, geometric patterns in a sort of empty, humming, awake way. Josh grew up in Fairfield Iowa – which is the former home of the Maharishi (of Beatles White Album fame) and one of the main centers for Transcendental Meditation in the US. He is in a show at Christopher Grimes Gallery in LA that opens January 16.
Josh Podoll, PersianCarpetSantuary, 80 x 68″
Josh Podoll, A Welcome End to Knowing, 48 x 60″
Josh Podoll, InsideOutsideInBetween, 80 x 68″
My god Bill you sorta totally missed the point. ” A Welcome End to Knowing” not a welcome end to thinking . Duh
My experience with the work is one where my mind gets quiet, as opposed to being presented with a narrative or confronted with an issue. I meant it as a compliment.
These are horrible.
Or. Sorry. Maybe I just dont get it. What is interesting here?
I can only compare to an abramovic piece. maybe. In the most genuine of feelings.
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