March 2–6, 2011
CRG at the Armory Pier show
Pier 94
Booth 1212
www.crggallery.com
CRG Gallery presents a new series of large-scale works on paper by Steven Bindernagel. Using watercolor and colored pencil, the artist constructs semi-representational motifs that seem to shift between the architectonic and the completely abstract. Each drawing is constructed layer by layer as the surface is drawn on, painted, erased and reworked several times, so the work’s history (and the artist’s thought process) becomes apparent to the viewer. Bindernagel is inspired by the urban landscapes of his hometown, Cleveland, Ohio as well as New York City. He couples the brilliant colors of billboards, neon signs and glowing lights with the dark and corrosive colors of rust and decay.
