Biography
当代艺术家兰登·梅兹(1985年生于美国亚利桑那州)于纽约居住和工作,他的作品主要将绘画的活动与雕塑、装置及行为的语言结合。梅兹在抽象简单的手法中融入视觉上动态的才能,让他备受瞩目。他的画有延展和连续处理空间的能力,同时又能对所处的环境作出回应,而不仅仅是因地制宜。梅兹的绘画表现以他对于场域及尺寸的细腻拿捏,还有越来越多加入行为和雕塑手法来让空间变得有趣为标志。
摆设的策略是梅兹视觉语言中的核心,他的装置往往结合节奏和重复的元素。艺术家在完全未经处理的帆布上直接涂抹薄薄的稀释染料,形成各种不同饱和度的颜色。除此之外,通过重复同样的构图编排,常常又遵循某种顺序,超越画布的边缘,梅兹给人一种节奏和流动的感受。他经常将他的多版绘画以二联或三联的方式呈现,有时候一个紧挨着一个,让它们伸入彼此或包覆住边角。他也制作了有形状的画布,模仿其他画中出现过的抽象形体。
梅兹自己说:“我的创作表现多以突破极限的藩篱为目的,而我认为这在我表现空间的方法上是很明显的。这是在设定和主题、公众与个人之间的交涉。”
梅兹在挪威、意大利、丹麦和加拿大皆做过个展。2014年,他在意大利博尔扎诺ADN收藏担任驻馆艺术家。2018年,梅兹在罗马皮耶特罗·卡诺尼卡博物馆作个展。近期他在纽约拿骚郡美术馆群展“蓝”和罗马美第奇别墅由皮耶·保罗·潘克托策划的“移植”中展出。
梅兹现于纽约居住和工作。
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作品
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Landon Metz, MMXXIV XXVI, 2024 acrylic wash on canvas 36 1/4 x 58 in 92.1 x 147.40 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXIV XXVIII, 2024 acrylic wash on canvas 36 1/4 x 58 in 92.1 x 147.40 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXIV XXX, 2024 acrylic wash on canvas 10 1/4 x 16 1/2 in 26 x 41.9 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXIV XXXI, 2024 acrylic wash on canvas 37 x 139 1/2 in 94 x 354.3 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXIV XXXII (III), 2024 acrylic wash on canvas 46 1/2 x 37 in 118.1 x 94 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXIV XXXIII (II), 2024 acrylic wash on canvas 46 1/2 x 37 in 118.1 x 94 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXIV XXXIX, 2024 acrylic wash on canvas 63 1/4 x 39 5/8 in 160.6 x 100.6 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXIV XXXV, 2024 acrylic wash on canvas 62 1/2 x 150 3/4 in 158.8 x 382.8 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXII LVII, 2022 acrylic dye on canvas 101.6 x 162.6 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXI LIV, 2021 acrylic dye on canvas 80 x 32 in 203.2 x 81.3 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXI LXI, 2021 acrylic dye on canvas 40 x 32 in 101.6 x 81.3 cm
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Landon Metz, MMXXI LXXVI, 2021 acrylic dye on canvas 40 x 64 in 101.6 x 162.6 cm
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Landon Metz, Portrait of Landon Metz in his New York studio, 2021 Photography Hannah Metz.