Nashville, Tennessee
Contemporary Art Gallery237 Rep. John Lewis Way N. 37219
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REPRESENTED ARTISTS
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Jaq Belcher
Patricia Bellan-Gillen
Jane Braddock
Arden Bendler Browning
Tiffany Calvert
Carla Ciuffo
Wesley Clark
Jason Craighead
The Estate of Arlyn Ende
Jeanie Gooden
Andy Harding
The Estate of Jack Hastings
Sky Kim
Mary Long
Carol Mode
Marilyn Murphy
Lovie Olivia
James Perrin
Sisavanh Phouthavong
Tyler Shields
Brian Tull
Wendy Walker Silverman
David Yarrow
Patricia Bellan-Gillen
Jane Braddock
Arden Bendler Browning
Tiffany Calvert
Carla Ciuffo
Wesley Clark
Jason Craighead
The Estate of Arlyn Ende
Jeanie Gooden
Andy Harding
The Estate of Jack Hastings
Sky Kim
Mary Long
Carol Mode
Marilyn Murphy
Lovie Olivia
James Perrin
Sisavanh Phouthavong
Tyler Shields
Brian Tull
Wendy Walker Silverman
David Yarrow
SELECT
EXHIBITED ARTISTS
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John Alleyne
Scott Andresen
David Onri Anderson
Reed Anderson
Sophia Belkin
Joshua Edward Bennett Blake Blanco
Shane Darwent
Nick Fagan
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline
Martica Griffin
Richard Harris
Daniel Ingroff
Alaina Kalbfell
Nick Naber
Lori Anne Parker-Danley
Joel Daniel Phillips
Melodie Provenzano
Jing Qin
Esther Ruiz
Benjy Russell
Jeff Scott
Elspeth Schulze
Joey Slaughter
Scott Andresen
David Onri Anderson
Reed Anderson
Sophia Belkin
Joshua Edward Bennett Blake Blanco
Shane Darwent
Nick Fagan
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline
Martica Griffin
Richard Harris
Daniel Ingroff
Alaina Kalbfell
Nick Naber
Lori Anne Parker-Danley
Joel Daniel Phillips
Melodie Provenzano
Jing Qin
Esther Ruiz
Benjy Russell
Jeff Scott
Elspeth Schulze
Joey Slaughter
UPCOMING & RECENT EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING:
RECENT:
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Eric Sall | Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline | Guest Curation
Sky Kim | Cosmic Downloads
Benjy Russell | Dark Big Bang
RECENT:
Jeanie Gooden & Brandon Reese | Listening with Our Eyes
Arden Bendler Browning | Black Forest
Lily Prince | Beneath the Moon, Under the Sun
Group Exhibition | The Sink
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline | Drinking Tears
Elspeth Schulze | Hold Water
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James Perrin | Observations, Integrations, Pareidolia, and Polysemy
September 5-September 26, 2015
Opening Reception: September 5th, 6 to 9 pm
Opening Reception: September 5th, 6 to 9 pm
Tinney Contemporary is pleased to present Observations, Integrations, Pareidolia and Polysemy, a solo exhibition by James Perrin. Perrin's paintings can be described as a combination of several painting methods that incorporate different ideas, frameworks, and physical strategies. He considers himself a formalist first and foremost, as he is less interested in his work's ideology and more interested in exploring methods of creativity in order to achieve new visual languages and suggestions. He allows his creative process to be intuitive yet non-linear and at times chaotic, while focusing on the expressiveness and possibilities of paint and pictorial construction. He lets the paintings become their own self-contained realities.
His latest group of paintings incorporates images and ideas derived from shopping mall interiors; Walmart interiors; Caribbean beaches; women's dresses; renderings from paintings by Giotto, Masaccio, Enguerrand Quarton, and Fra Angelico; and finally, segments from his previous work. He amalgamates these pictorial elements with the intention to viscerally communicate what we know about our human state of being as it relates to our past, present, and future environments and experiences.
James Perrin was born in Kenton, Tennessee and earned his BFA degree in painting at Kansas City Art Institute. He studied in Perugia, Italy for a year before obtaining his MFA at Boston University. He has exhibited all across the country, including in a group exhibition at The Frist Center and maintains permanent works at Boston University and in the Grimaldi Collection, Rome, Italy. James currently works and lives in Nashville, TN.
