The paintings of American artist Maxwell Dunlop are an investigation. One layer is the paint itself. What happens when colors mix together or transparent glazes are layered on top of each other? The next layer is observation. How does light reflect off of different surfaces? What are the structural elements of the shadows in a space? How do different viewpoints affect the perspective and feeling of an image? The paintings were built up slowly, looking, thinking and constantly making changes. They are a mixture of personal experience, art history, human history and physical properties of paint itself.
The paint drips and slides across the surface enforcing the flatness of the picture plane while simultaneously creating an illusion of space. These works exist in the realm where abstraction, representation, the past and the present all vibrate against each other and viewer is left to make decisions about what they see. They must engage and assemble the image in their mind, an interaction with the marks becomes an interaction with the subject matter.
CV
born 1983 near Boston, USA
1997 – 2001
High School Diploma, Norwalk High School, Norwalk, CT, USA
2001 – 2005
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, USA
2022
Neustart Kultur, scholarship, Bonn
solo and two person exhibitions:
2023
P o e t i c C o n t r a d i c t i o n , G a l l e r y 7 0 , Tirana , Albania (solo)
2021
“Echo”, janinebeangallery, Berlin
“Empire,” Blink Art Group, Germany
2020
„Landschaften“, Armin Völckers and Maxwell Dunlop, janinebeangallery
“Remains,” Blink Art Group, Germany
2015
„Dunlop and Dunlop: A family Affair“, White Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut, USA
„Father and Son“, Watershed Gallery, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
2012
„Riffs“, Slag Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City, USA
2010
„Realm“, Slag Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, USA
2009
„Father and Son“, White Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut, USA
group exhibitions:
2022
Das Kleine Format 2022 , Stadtmuseum Aichach , Aichach, Germany
74. Große Schwäbische Kunstausstellung, Glaspalast Museum, Augsburg, Germany
„Das Wunderland fehlte mir“, Andrea Damp, Maxwell Dunlop, Beate Höing, Petra Rintelen, Arny Schmit, janinebeangallery, Berlin
2019
„Dezembersalon“, Galerie Taube, Berlin, Germany
2018
„Anonymous“, Galerie am Kornerpark, Berlin, Germany
„New Paintings“, Lily Pad West, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2017
„Nature Mensch“, Nationalpark Harz, Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Der Heise Kunst Preis, Karl Heinz Heise Foundation, Dessau
2015
„Collaboration“, Leclerc Contemporary, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
2007
„Inside New York“, Flow of Art, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
„Oil and Steel“, White Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut, USA
„Art of the Northeast“, Silvermine Art Guild, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
2006
„Urban Expressions“, Studio E, Danbury, Connecticut, USA