2011 Artist Nominee Gallery

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Artist Statement
Using alternating processes, speeds and techniques in relation to each other has been a structure I’ve used to test my limitations within painting. This process helps me maintain a level of distance that is necessary for a fresh approach to new work within the daily activity of painting. The relational qualities that emerge between works allow for space to contemplate new ways of reading the work. For example the relationship between three paintings included here depict this process as subject.

Portrait of Talia on the couch with Lilly portrays the artist Talia Chetrit reclining at home. The surrounding artwork and personal effects act as extensions of her portrait, while the scene refers to well known historical paintings. The image source for the painting is photographic, which is visible in the cats still gaze, as well as the shadow behind the lamp, which points to the images actual light source, a single strobe situated behind the camera.

Painting of Talia in the Studio documents a moment of mid-production in the studio, a still depiction of the activity of painting. The original source image for Portrait of Talia with Lilly on the Couch is projected over the entire studio wall, blanketing the unfinished painting and creating a doubled image. The projector creates the light source for the image, which confuses the relations between objects.

Abstract Lamp, a smaller, seemingly unrelated work is tied through a physical depiction of process. This painting was made by using a blank canvas as a pallet to mix the paint that was used for the lamp and shadow in Portrait of Talia with Lilly on the Couch. As the lamp was finished the remaining paint was spread across the canvas to create an abstract painting.

The light source becomes a focal point of these works pointing back to the painter, the activity of painting and relationship to the viewer. When viewing these works individually, these ideas may be overshadowed by other subjects; such as portraiture, historical painting, or contemporary conditions of painting.

CV
Education
2010 MFA School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2001 BFA Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD

Exhibitions

2010
Tuesday Afternoon in a Cage, LTD, Los Angeles, CA
Big Picture, Curated by Ryan Schneider & Tom Sandford, Priska C. Juschka, New York, NY
Bosch Young Talent Show, AKV | St. Joost, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
The Irascible Assholes: New Paintings From New York, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Selections, Curated by Ross Bleckner, LA Art House, LA
Columbia University MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center, Queens, NY
Conversazione-Hanos/Hubbard/Kitson, Curated by Marco Antonini, Galleria Pianissimo, Milan, Italy
A Failed Entertainment, Curated by Sam Ekwurtzel, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY

2009
Forever Summer, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Everybody, Curated by Ryan Schneider, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Without Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
The Form Itself, Curated by Michael Bühler-Rose, Priska C. Juschka, New York, NY
What The Midnight Can Show Us Curated by Liz Jonckheer, Museum 52, New York, NY
Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York, NY
Cube Passerby 2008 Curated by Michael Caputo, Gavin Brown Enterprises, Passerby Gallery, New York, NY

2007
With Teeth Curated by Ryan Schneider, Priska C. Juschka, New York, NY
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

2005
The Most Splendid Apocalypse Curated by Jason Murison, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY
Battles, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Delicate Demons & Heavenly Delights, Curated by Kamrooz Aram & Jessica Lin Cox,
Oliver Kamm/5BE, New York, NY
KA/VH: RA/AG, Oliver Kamm 5BE Gallery, New York, NY
White Pages, Curated by Marco Antonini, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China
Enter Coordinates Here, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
What’s Your Conceptual Continuity? Rare Fine Art, New York, NY

2004
Autumn, Sixtyseven Gallery New York, NY
Pool Of Radiance, Curated by Marco Antonini, Broadway Gallery New York, NY
Wall List, Curated by Marco Antonini, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
For Pleasure, Curated by Ryan Schneider, Priska C. Juschka, Brooklyn, NY

2003
I’m Just Saying…, Curated by Ryan Kitson, 84 Roebling, Brooklyn, NY
Greetings From Another State, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Winter, Mission Space, Baltimore, MD

2002
Real Real Deep, New York Studio Program Space, New York, NY

2001
Untitled, Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Unfiltered, Blue Elephant Gallery, Frederick, MD
Brilliant Color Hidden Drama, Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD
BFA Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2000
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD

1998
Nature Itself, H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1997
Crashworks, ABC NO RIO, New York, NY

1996
ABC NO RIO Benefit, ABC NO RIO, New York, NY

Bibliography

2010
Gerrit van den Hoven, Jeroen Bosch kijkt vanachter gassdoek toe, Kunst/Culture, Brabants
Dagblad, Netherlands, July 15
Guia Cortassa, Conversazione, Flash Art Italy, Issue #283, March
Valentina Rapino, Hubbard, Hanos, Kitson, Exibart, April 9
Sara Clemente, ‘Jest’ reigns at LeRoy Neiman, Columbia Spectator, February 9

2009
Talia Chetrit, Van Hanos’s Harlem Studio, The Highlights, February 10

2008
Marco Antonini, Interview with Van Hanos, WhiteHot Magaizine, October

2007
Mark Jacobs, Style; Coast Lines, New York Times Magazine, March 4

2006
Otino Corsano, House Arrest: Interview with Van Hanos, ArtUS, Issue #13, May-June

2005
Roberta Smith, KA/VH: RA/AG, Featured Listings, New York Times, March 18

2005
Hynek Pallas, The State of the Art, Bon Magazine, International Edition, September

2004
Meet Joshua Abelow, Me Magazine, Interview with Van Hanos, Issue #1, Fall