July 22 - Aug 17, 2017
Milwaukee, WI
Boris Pelcer (b. 1985, Sarajevo, Bosnia) is an independent artist and illustrator based out of Milwaukee, WI, USA. He divides his time between working on his personal projects and commercial commissions. The driving force behind his personal work is his desire to visually explore and capture that something which resides beyond comprehension, symbolic language and this material world. It is his way of contemplating the intangible facets of this human condition. His commercial work includes various projects he has worked on for clients such as: The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Times, Time, Variety, Amazon, The Atlantic, Newsweek, Bloomberg, Village Voice, Texas Monthly, Guitar World, Backchannel, Little White Lies, Women's Health, Nike, Converse, Pitchfork. His work has been recognized by both Society of Illustrators and American Illustration.
Title: ReverieI
Boris Pelcer’s new body of work “Reverie” is a visual experiment involving a voluntary confrontation with the unconscious through willful engagement with his own imagination and fantasy. In essence, each pieces is shaped by the rich and symbolic narratives that are brought forth from the unconscious. Being that each piece is shaped by the unconscious means that they are paradoxical in nature; they simultaneously say a great deal about the artist’s psyche while being difficult to decipher. The meaning that he is able to extract from each image is based on the overarching concepts that surface during the creation of each piece. Ultimately, the artist’s decision to deliberately evoke fantasy in a waking state is an effort by the artist to overcome the frequently cumbersome nature of conceptual overthinking in order to create work that is a more authentic representation of his own psyche.
_
Title: ReverieI
Boris Pelcer’s new body of work “Reverie” is a visual experiment involving a voluntary confrontation with the unconscious through willful engagement with his own imagination and fantasy. In essence, each pieces is shaped by the rich and symbolic narratives that are brought forth from the unconscious. Being that each piece is shaped by the unconscious means that they are paradoxical in nature; they simultaneously say a great deal about the artist’s psyche while being difficult to decipher. The meaning that he is able to extract from each image is based on the overarching concepts that surface during the creation of each piece. Ultimately, the artist’s decision to deliberately evoke fantasy in a waking state is an effort by the artist to overcome the frequently cumbersome nature of conceptual overthinking in order to create work that is a more authentic representation of his own psyche.
_
Julian Callos
Los Angeles, CA
Julian Callos is an illustrator and gallery artist based in Los Angeles. He graduated from Otis College of Art & Design in 2009 and has since worked with a diverse roster of clients that includes The New York Times, Scientific American, The New Republic, and Chipotle. His illustration work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration, and his paintings have been exhibited in galleries across the US and abroad. Julian has explored a wide variety of subjects in his work, which can range from lighthearted takes on popular culture to darker, symbolism-filled narratives. He is continuously fascinated by nature, folklore, death, and the allure of the unknown.
Title: Sense Memory
"Every once in a while I will be struck by a wave of longing or an ambiguous feeling of wistfulness; a vague nostalgia triggered by certain stimuli—a whiff of a familiar fragrance worn by a passing stranger; the song of a mockingbird. The stimuli are not really tied to specific memories, but to a hazy, dreamlike past only accessible through the evocation of the senses. This show seeks to capture the melancholy and serenity that is elicited by these particular sensations."