GA Gardner: Interconnections, curated by Jarvis DuBois

January 26 — March 11, 2012

Artist’s reception - Sunday, January 29, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 

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The Athenaeum

GA Gardner: Freedom, diptych, mixed media on canvas, 36” x 48”, 2011

Gardner uses the vibrant colors and energy of his native Trinidad and Tobago in his paintings and mixed media works to address our often-complicated relationship with mass communication.
Gardner’s works provide keen insight into how the proliferation of media in contemporary society results in a cacophony of mixed messages. Intricate layers of painted printed strips cover some canvases to interpret today’s advanced, digital modes of communication and their relationship to an intended thought or message. His uniquely vivid palette recalls the sky, sunsets, sea, and terrain of his Caribbean roots — yet his subject matter, style, and content speak more to our fast-paced urban environment.

Jarvis DuBois is an independent curator and arts consultant based in Washington, DC.

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