Join us for the artist talk of our current exhibition, Squadrivium!

A quadrivium is an ancient educational curriculum comprising four primary subjects: arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The purpose of this educational model was not only to become more knowledgeable, but to search for unification, to uncover a potential higher consciousness while investigating the mysteries of order. Within the abstract paintings included in this exhibition, one can identify various motifs that unexpectedly allude to topics in the quadrivium. For instance, there are constellations of innumerable dots, triangles, diamonds as well as complex, oddball shapes that escape easy recognition. There are stitched, chromatic grids containing hidden text and repetitive elements, either painted or assembled, that are buried inside shallow spatial fields. There are accumulating patterns and defiant, cutout voids. When the works of these four artists are placed side by side, the visual cacophonies reflect and echo, recalling a makeshift band…