NON PLACE

Date Created:   2019 Photography:  Pat Blocher

Giroux and Robert Aiosa both examine the parts of the urban landscape that are often most forgettable: walls displaying only the torn fragments of weathered advertising, architectural structures in transition and/or decay and concrete environments devoid of any sign of human life, save for the occasional article of litter. All of these coalesce into a visual lexicon of “non place.” In an expansive exhibition take-over of both Gallery221 and Gallery3, Aiosa and Giroux employed sculpture, painting and installation to explore the structure, grit and story of urban areas overlooked.

The following are selected works by Giroux for the exhibition which ran from May 13 – June 27, 2019.

Title:  Incidental Shape (Curves) Medium:  Polyester primer, gesso, spray paint, acrylic polyurethane, on coated aluminum mounted to MDF Size:  39 x 42 in. Date:  2019
Title:  Incidental Shape (No, It’s Not Kanji) Medium:  Polyester primer, gesso, spray paint, acrylic polyurethane, on coated aluminum mounted to MDF Size:  46.5 x 42 in. Date:  2019
Title:  Incidental Shape (Cut Circle) Medium:  Polyester primer, gesso, spray paint, acrylic polyurethane, on coated aluminum mounted to MDF Size:  35.5 x 41.75 in. Date:  2019

Title:  After Party Medium:  Pigment based ink, heavy gesso, acrylic, acrylic spray paint, gloss heavy gel, matt heavy gel, crackle paste, on canvas over panel Size:  48 x 68 in. Date:  2019

Title:  Serendipity at it’s Finest Medium:  Acrylic, acrylic spray paint, crackle paste, heavy gesso, gloss heavy gel, matt heavy gel, modeling paste, glitter, on canvas over panel Size:  60 x 40 in. Date:  2019

Title:  Recluse Medium:  Polyester primer, latex, acrylic, acrylic spray paint, heavy gesso, crackle paste, gloss medium, matt medium, on hard coated styrofoam Size:  49 x 55 in. Date:  2019
Title:  Tightrope Medium:  Pigment based ink, acrylic, acrylic spray paint, crackle paste, heavy gesso, on canvas over panel Size:  60 x 40 in. Date:  2019
Title:  Lurker Medium:  Polyester primer, latex, clear gesso, pigment based ink, acrylic, acrylic spray paint, pigment based ink, gloss medium, matt medium, on hard coated styrofoam Size:  35.75 x 42 in. Date:  2019

Title:  Maps to Nowhere Medium:  Latex on wall; Matt medium and collage on canvas Edition:  5