AM DeBrincat, Five Scoop, acrylic paint, transfer print, colored pencil, and oil paint on canvas, 24 x 24 in.
Speculative Fiction, a solo show of paintings by AM DeBrincat now on view through March 27th at the Martin Art Gallery of Muhlenberg College, poses many thought-provoking questions. The eleven works on display highlight the unique visual lexicon that DeBrincat has created: a mixed-media technique which combines painting with the manipulation of digital photography to underscore the complexity of identity in the Digital Age. That the artist has crafted a nuanced language of sampling and remixing is obvious from first glance at the work, since the paintings all present as portraits. But it immediately becomes clear that the artist has expanded the language of figurative painting to include photography, along with patterning normally associated with the decorative arts, and even occasionally abstract mark-making.
AM DeBrincat, Pageant. Acrylic paint, transfer print, and oil paint on canvas, 36 x 24 in.
Delving deeper into the work for a closer look at each painting’s surface, one can appreciate the uniqueness of the artist’s process. The press release…
