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Contemporary art gallery Atelier will present a dual exhibition of paintings by Cuban-born Reynier Garcia and sculpture by Indiana-based Adam Boyle from May 30 through July 25.
Secretos y Stone is an exhibition of 52 surrealist paintings by Reynier Garcia and 10 sculptures in stone by Adam Boyle. The show explores different ways of perceiving the external world and plays with our conceptions of the surreal and the real, according to a news release from Atelier.
Garcia is a surrealist painter born and raised in Havana, Cuba. In his Secreto series, Garcia presents imagined desert landscapes populated with recurring imagery evocative of flora and fauna. Each horizon is punctuated by mesmerizing variations and actions. The paintings and the symbols and codes within represent the artist’s own spiritual journey and invite the viewer to consider their own subconscious mind.
As Garcia explains, “I explore the complexity of the daily spiritual interrelation between humans and the universe, revealing challenges and scenes yet to be discovered. In this dialogue between imagination and reality, I create space and moment where materials, plants, and animals come to life in landscapes that interact with the viewer.”
Boyle is a sculptor based in Columbia City. Boyle began his career as an engineer and machinist in the orthopedics industry. He later pivoted to art, and more specifically, sculpture. Boyle creates elegant works from boulders and slabs of alabaster, marble, and onyx sourced from across the globe. Math is still his muse, and he views his work as creating tangible representations of mathematical concepts in stone. His minimal and compelling stone works reflect his deep commitment to the discipline of making by uniting technical insight with artistic expression, the release states.
According to Boyle, “When I work on a sculpture, I’m only looking at one line at a time. If you see the sculpture as a plane, then rotate it, you can find a line.” The Greek letter PHI represents the golden ratio, a proportion that is a commonly held standard of beauty in art and architecture. In his sculpture, PHI, Boyle sought to incorporate a golden rectangle in a Mobius loop. The cross-section of this thickened Mobius form is approximately 1” x 1.618” following a 2” radius from the center, the rectangle rotates a full 180” along the 4” diameter of the circle. Executed in pink alabaster and Indiana limestone, the result is both sophisticated and stunning.
“The two bodies of work may seem very disparate,” Atelier Director Sea Grandon acknowledges, “but, I saw a common visual language that I wanted to explore in this exhibit. There are commonalities in terms of color and form between both bodies of work, and I wanted to see what dialogue emerged when the works were placed in proximity to each other. I love the interplay between Garcia’s imagined landscapes and Boyle’s mathematically precise sculptures. The surreal and the real — the soul and the mind — beautiful dualities.”
Grandon said Secretos y Stone was a thrilling show to curate.
“I am very excited to host this show at Atelier. The show is beautiful and intellectually interesting as both artists seek to depict unseen realms and make the invisible visible. Sand, stone and sky are the perfect complement to summer. Additionally, Warsaw is home to many international visitors, Spanish-speaking residents, and MedTech engineers, so this show touches on a lot of our local strengths and diversities.”
Secretos y Stone opens May 30 and runs through July 25. Both artists will be in attendance at the opening reception on Friday, May 30 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Atelier’s hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
