Take the Gloves Off

curated exhibitions

Exhibitions

Narrative routes through the archive: paintings as acts, scenes, myths, and source-worlds.

Under the Sun - A flat geometric image shows orange and red architectural blocks around a smaller pale rectangle with a black center.HE PREACHES IN THE SUN - A portrait-like dark-skinned figure in a pale blue garment stands before a gold field, with red cross-like marks…Faces (Peco) - A pale face with dark hair or cap is cropped at the forehead, marked by red strokes and black eyes against a muted…Break Point - A yellow field contains a large central black-and-red circular paddle or head form on a black body, with a…Bastard Sun - A dark brown-black vertical form or hut-like mass sits in a blue-pink-green abstract field with thick ribbed strokes.Under the Bastard Sun - A white animal body stands under a yellow sun on a dark blue-brown landscape, with a long white form extending from…Akuma - A pale side-profile head wearing glasses or a mask sits in the lower half of a blue-green room with a red ringed…Pegasus - A white horse-like animal bends forward against a nearly black background, with a small red mark near the head and…Sonny Liston - A cropped brown figure with boxing-like arms or gloves is set against a blue and red interior, with the torso partly…Humility (TEETH) - Two frontal heads share a scene with a narrow architectural or tunnel-like white shape between them and warm brown…

solar pressure

The Sun

Suns that behave like witnesses, judges, crowns, wounds, weather systems, and hostile faces.

Hypebeast - A horned cow or bull with several eyes fills the lower half; BEEF is painted on its forehead beneath a large reddish…

text as interruption

Blue Words Spit Red

Painted language as pressure mark, label, joke, and voice.

Put The Gloves On - A suited man in black gloves stands before red and green geometry, holding his hands up in a formal or defensive…Take The Gloves Off - A raised white hand and a bright, shouting figure appear against black, red, yellow, and pale blue bands.In the Name of Glove - A red-pink, figure-like vertical shape stands in a pale field with green and red side marks and boxing-glove-like…Sonny Liston - A cropped brown figure with boxing-like arms or gloves is set against a blue and red interior, with the torso partly…Eighteen Hundred Thousand - A dark portrait head in a red helmet or hood appears before a blue starry ground, with a white panel and red stars…Humility (TEETH) - Two frontal heads share a scene with a narrow architectural or tunnel-like white shape between them and warm brown…Baptism of Icarus - A green standing figure raises one arm beside a white wing-like form against blue, red, and black horizontal bands.Father Stretch My Hands - A tall red-clothed lower body stands in a dark ring-like space, with white shorts, gloves, and a small blue figure…Sex - A blonde figure in a red-marked pale outfit gestures with a blue hand beside a dense black-and-white patterned field…

ritual performance

The Stage

Boxing, spectacle, sacrifice, and the body placed where everyone can see it.

Xman Dies - Three panels, one fall: a WHITE sun — not red — and a dark moon over a grasping hand, a curled figure in the spiral…

closed cycle

Xman Dies (May 2021)

A self-contained death cycle: white sun, moon, hand, ghost, reaper, X-eyed body.

My Friend Color Guy - A red outlined character or creature faces a black silhouette on a red-brown ground, with a glowing red profile and…

art superhero

Color Guy

Color Guy is an art superhero whose superpower is painting the entire canvas black.

Friend of Akuma - A pale-faced figure with black hair occupies the right side of a dark interior; green angular forms and a small red…Zacchaeus - A tan cub-like animal, a black grinning cat-like figure, a seated blue figure, and small figures share a staged…Faces (Clown Girl) - A clown-like face with red mouth and yellow-green facial patches is surrounded by dark purple, pink, and cream…Auditions for the Rose Bowl Parade - A vertical panel shows stacked small face panels at left, two large round-headed figures at center/right, and white…Buckshot - A black-haired child-like figure in a red jacket holds or bites a white object, standing on a brown floor with a red…Super Ducky - A brown duck with a yellow star eye under blue rain dashes — SUPER Ducky.Sunburn at the Garden - A red rectangular chamber with the word DEAD sits beside a dense field of small ringed circles and rows, like…There's No Crying In Table Tennis - A red-faced figure or mask with open mouth appears under black triangular shapes, with small objects and a hand-like…Walking the Dog - A yellow-suited figure walks across a green field holding dark objects, with a loose dog-like or bag-like black…My Friend Color Guy - A red outlined character or creature faces a black silhouette on a red-brown ground, with a glowing red profile and…

comic heroism

The Hero

Clowns, champions, jester-bodies, heroic embarrassment, and failed dignity.

Faces (Peco) - A pale face with dark hair or cap is cropped at the forehead, marked by red strokes and black eyes against a muted…Faces (Jojo) - A yellow and purple face wearing an orange-purple cap or hat is cropped close, with teeth or a white mouth shape at…Faces (Aloof) - A large yellow-brown mask-like face fills the right side, surrounded by dark, multicolored gestural paint and a blue…Faces (Black Boy) - A close cropped dark-brown face sits against a red ground, with bright white eyes and a small red mouth.Faces (Glasses) - A pale face with square yellow glasses and purple hair fills a vertical frame against purple and dark tones.Faces (Clown Girl) - A clown-like face with red mouth and yellow-green facial patches is surrounded by dark purple, pink, and cream…Faces (Sharkbait) - A blue, shark-like or mask-like face fills the frame with small red eyes and a vertical central mark.Faces (Pearl Earring) - A pale blue and pink face with long hair or veil sits against a vivid pink and gray ground, with a small blue facial…Faces (Thinker) - A skull-like head with bright blue eye openings and dripping yellow paint sits against gray-brown textured paint.

portrait systems

Faces (25-26)

A merged face wall: the Faces set and the former Portraits set in one room.

Don Quixote - A blue eye holds the center while calligraphic marks fall around it like spilled tears.

romance and misrecognition

Don Quixote (August 2021)

Shark, Squire, Love, and Don Quixote: a small set about naming the force that tilts at the image.

Mixed Media Man - A vertical mixed-media figure or creature emerges from dense collage-like paint, orange, black, yellow, and white…Mixed Media Mess - A top-down mixed-media sheet is covered with blue tape-like strips, red and black paint, paper fragments, and…Mixed Media Monster - A horizontal mixed-media sheet is dominated by blue and red looping marks and dense layered scribbles across white…Mixed Media Myth - A vertical all-over abstraction uses blue tape-like strips, black strokes, pink and white patches, and layered…Mixed Media Midas - A horizontal mixed-media painting fills the frame with dense blue, purple, red, black, and pale fragments.

girardian paper weather

Mixed Media (2022)

Man, Mess, Monster, Myth, Midas: five collage bodies caught in rivalry, pressure, and substitution.

Hot Pink - A frontal long-haired figure in a bright blue coat stands against green and blue blocks, with a pale face and a…Barnes and Noble - A blue-clothed seated figure faces right in a dark brown and green room, while a bright pale-blue shape hovers…Amanda Askell - A pale, nearly monochrome surface contains faint graphite-like lines suggesting wings or a central body, with large…Sam Altman - A young face appears on the left with mismatched eye colors, while a large black-brown mass or animal-like shape…Hypebeast - A horned cow or bull with several eyes fills the lower half; BEEF is painted on its forehead beneath a large reddish…I AM NOT A JOKE - A collage-like scene includes a rabbit head, a record or circular object, a red square, a bird-like head, ladder…Clavicular - A pale bust-length head and shoulders emerge from a black ground, with brown hair, yellowed facial tones, and a…Stand Up Routine - A pale performer-like figure stands before a soft beige field and a large gray shadow shape, as if projected on a…Sex - A blonde figure in a red-marked pale outfit gestures with a blue hand beside a dense black-and-white patterned field…Put The Gloves On - A suited man in black gloves stands before red and green geometry, holding his hands up in a formal or defensive…

public figures / recent media

Contemporary

A hyper-contemporary route through pop stars, streamers, AI figures, games, cartoons, reality media, and celebrity image-pressure.

Under the Sun - A flat geometric image shows orange and red architectural blocks around a smaller pale rectangle with a black center.HE PREACHES IN THE SUN - A portrait-like dark-skinned figure in a pale blue garment stands before a gold field, with red cross-like marks…Break Point - A yellow field contains a large central black-and-red circular paddle or head form on a black body, with a…Sunburn at the Garden - A red rectangular chamber with the word DEAD sits beside a dense field of small ringed circles and rows, like…THEY BURNED HIS ROOF - A close brown face with darkened eye sockets and a pale blue shirt fills the frame against a yellow-gold ground.Barnes and Noble - A blue-clothed seated figure faces right in a dark brown and green room, while a bright pale-blue shape hovers…Humility (TEETH) - Two frontal heads share a scene with a narrow architectural or tunnel-like white shape between them and warm brown…Hypebeast - A horned cow or bull with several eyes fills the lower half; BEEF is painted on its forehead beneath a large reddish…

who is looking

Witness

Sun, eye, crowd, camera, God, viewer, and painting: the archive's looking forces.