Laura Rathe Fine Art presents Greg Miller & Matt Devine October 22 – November 26, 2016.
Laura Rathe Fine Art, announces an exhibition featuring new works by acclaimed post-pop artist, Greg Miller, and renowned metal sculptor, Matt Devine.
Though the pairing of works by Miller and Devine presents divergent techniques and mediums, together they emphasize a shared interest in the contrasting forces of controlled chaos. This will be Laura Rathe Fine Art’s first exhibition featuring the work of Greg Miller.
“United” will be on view through November 26, 2016.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Greg Miller creates large-scale works in paint and collage that both salvage and deconstruct the most fleeting aspects of American visual culture. Gathering images and text from vintage magazines, comic books, and billboards, his colorful constructions unabashedly celebrate the rise of consumer culture while revealing the vitality of our collective memory. Miller combines images of glamorous women, consumer products, and cowboys with painted elements and graffiti-like sprays that recall the unbridled beauty of today’s urban streetscape and media-saturated culture.
Greg Miller studied at San Jose State University, UCLA, and the San Francisco Art Institute. A recipient of numerous awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, his work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Italy, and China, and is permanently held in the Charles Saatchi Collection, the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection, the San Jose Museum of Art, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City. Miller divides his time between New York, Los Angeles, and Austin.
Metal sculptor and self-taught artist, Matt Devine began honing his skills in 1995. His nonrepresentational sculptures composed of clean and harmonious forms appear weightless although fabricated from heavy metals such as steel, aluminum, and bronze. Devine’s practice is an ongoing search for harmony and balance in the face of a chaotic information-saturated culture. As he finds meditative space in his working process, so to does Devine hope that his approach to minimalist forms and controlled multiplicity guide viewers into a space of calm.
Devine’s work is currently on display at highly-regarded fine art galleries across the country. His creations can be found in private American collections in locations from Los Angeles to New York and international collections on five continents. Devine has also expanded his scope to include design and fabrication of large-scale public works on display in prominent urban settings. He currently works and resides in Petaluma, California.
ABOUT LAURA RATHE FINE ART
With over 25 years’ experience in the industry, gallery owner, Laura Rathe, started her career working as a private art dealer before establishing Laura Rathe Fine Art (LRFA) in 1998 in Houston, Texas. LRFA now operates out of two locations in Houston and a third gallery in Dallas on Dragon Street, the city’s premiere arts district destination. Since the gallery’s inception, LRFA has established itself as a leading contemporary art venue, offering an impressive range of exhibitions and programming to its patrons in both cities.
LRFA represents a dynamic roster of established and mid-career contemporary artists working in a variety of media, many of whom have been acquired into world-renowned private, corporate, and museum collections. Various clientele include BBVA Compass, HKS Architects, Wells Fargo, W Hotels, UT Southwestern, and Halliburton. LRFA also participates in a number of prominent art fairs including CONTEXT Art Miami, Art Southampton, Art Wynwood, the Houston Fine Art Fair, Texas Contemporary, and the Dallas Art Fair.
