Boris Pelcer & Julian Callos

July 22 - August 17, 2017

Boris Pelcer
Milwaukee, WI,

Title: ReverieI

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.

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Julian Callos
Los Angeles, CA

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."