Dmitri Obergfell//Zach Reini at Phillip J. Steele Gallery
Of the visual art world in Denver as of late, things have kept a similar face. Not to say that there have been stagnant or stale exhibitions or that everyone is doing the same thing, but it is apparent that many in the world of visual art have found themselves on the same page. That being said I must say two artists that have read the entireity of said book and are on pages far beyond the material most have at hand are Dmitri Obergfell and Zach Reini. Both are currently students at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and are making leaps and bounds of progress in mixed media, paint, and installation art. Obergfell's portion of the show Huckleberry Hound has a fascinating effect to it. It breeds light and reverberated images. All around you is that which brings oneself to light. Flourescents and mirrors stand before your own personal space; invading, expanding, and re-defining the personal space with which you had entered. Reini's exhibition Darkwater has an almost inverse effect. His cavases and use of industrial material create a grayscale within the gallery, brightening specific corners and dragging light toward these jaugernaut paintings ranging anywhere in size from three-foot squares to twelve-foot long monoliths. This clarity in vision between artists is not only refreshing but inventive and courageous in effort. The dynamic of light and darkness, though used and spoken for by artists like Dan Flavin and Frank Stella, is in new ways creating a sense of human attachment, how we visualize, and the physical nature of how we see. An opening reception will be held on the RMCAD campus at the Phillip J. Steele gallery Thursday, May 27th from 5pm-8pm. Of shows hung in the Denver-area this month and for the coming summer, I will boldly state that this will be one of the most powerful.
filed under: art
tags: Zach Reini Dmitri Obergfell Frank Stella Dan Flavin minimalism RMCAD
.jpg "Ryan Riss | November 4 - October 28, 2011")
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