The current exhibition Three Vertices at LVL3 celebrates this phenomenal gallery's two year anniversary as well as the opening of their new publications shop. Indeed this show is a reason for celebration; the art and curation of Three Vertices is spectacular.
Showcasing five artists, there is a modest amount of work on display in LVL3. Even with such a humble quantity of art to see, the curatorial direction of the show is clear to see. The audience is confronted with a playful adaptation of the utopian icons of high modernism with the materials of a postmodern era. Of particular noteworthiness is Austin-based artist Nathan Green's work Inlay that utilizes various pieces of corrugated cardboard and paper to construct what is essentially a modernist grid. Subtle variations in fragmented green and blue allude to the work of Bauhaus artist Josef Alber's infamous color studies. Green indeed notes in his statement that his work is a combination of "art history [meeting] Home Depot".
The only downside to Three Vertices (and it is a minute grievance to be sure) is the inclusion of Clay Hickson's graphite drawings. These pieces amalgamate absurd postmodern subject matter with the hyper-formalist geometric abstractions of modernism. While they certainly deserve merit in and of themselves, they differ greatly from the rest of the works by combining art history with the contemporary in purely subject matter rather than the combination of material and image.
Three Vertices runs at LVL3 until March 25th with viewings arranged by appointment with the gallery's staff. Email them soon for this exhibition is well worth going out of your way to see.
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