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Mike Zimmerman
Bread and Butter #2
2021

About the Item

Mike Zimmerman Bread and Butter #2, 2021 Acrylic on Canvas 24 × 24 inches Signed and dated By focusing on the reciprocal nature of color and form artist and illustrator Mike Zimmerman transforms chaotic layers of hard-edged, abstract shapes into lyrical compositions. His still-lifes are imbued with a heightened sense of reverence for the more fundamental objects that take up space in our lives: our dying plants; an open window; discarded wrappers; an apple core; melted candles; etc. Much like their subject matter these paintings are intended to be lived with over time, inviting viewers to find joy in the entropy that generally surrounds these objects. There is a kind of potential energy behind these paintings. Potted plants frame the low-angle view of Big Can: a Nike sneaker pokes out, its black and white shape balancing an earth-toned basketball and the cool blue of a crumpled can of Arizona Iced Tea; the cigarettes scattered on the ground belie a hasty situation. Bread and Butter #2 brings the viewer to a classic vignette, a tablescape replete with a jug, a loaf of bread, a stick of butter and a spreading knife perched on a small plate, ready for use. Fountain #2 is a collection of fountain plants on display in checkerboard pots; a glass of water is positioned so as to refract and complicate the simple pattern. These more representational canvases are in contrast to the highly abstracted compositions of EZ Now, Freed Weeds and Built to Wilt that each require the viewer to sift through layers of visual conundrum to arrive at a final, subtle image. Hovering in a space between mimesis and symbolism, Zimmerman’s paintings simultaneously construct and deconstruct our visual experience as metaphor to contemporary living and consumer culture. Asking each viewer to comprehend his subject (their scattered and used belongings) from a new perspective, the artist narrates a world only suggestive of a human presence, where plentitude and decline exist in uncomfortable parallel. Ultimately these paintings seek to understand the way in which we inhabit our contemporary selves—our physical, mental and emotional environments—and how methodologies of understanding lack fullness without counterpart.

Creator:
Mike Zimmerman (1982, American)
Creation Year:
2021
Dimensions:
Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Acrylic
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU188729970932
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