G Gallery is pleased to present a three-person exhibition of new works by Keltie Ferris, Gerasimos Floratos and Chris Johanson in collaboration with Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Featuring new work created entirely for this exhibition, physical spiritual gesture will be on view from Monday, September 1 to Saturday, September 23, coinciding with the 2023 edition of Frieze Seoul. An opening reception will be held on September 1.

The brushstrokes created by these artists, at times vigorous and at other times gentle, follow the movements of the body, record the thought process, and reflect the trajectory of life. Through this exhibition, the textures that permeate the bodies, minds, and lives of these three painters will be transferred onto the canvas, providing a perceptual experience that connects multi-dimensional senses from overlapping layers. Visitors will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in this sensory journey.

Keltie Ferris (b. 1977, Louisville, Kentucky) has created four new canvases featuring the exuberant color palettes for which Ferris is known. This body of work features a hand-painted, quilt-like pattern which alternately obscures and reveals sparse dotted lines of spray paint along with expanses of energetic oil stick marks. Simultaneously ebullient and restrained, instinctual and considered, these dynamic, vibrating abstractions invite the viewer’s eye to travel from edge-to-edge and belie an easy perceptual reading.

Gerasimos Floratos (b. 1986, New York) has become known for his distinctive gestural style informed by the act of drawing, psychogeography, graffiti, and art history. A lifelong New Yorker, the physical and emotional experience of modern urban life acts as framework for Gerasimos to address and experiment with the eternal questions of painting: line and form, representation and abstraction, figure and ground. Often using his hands or sometimes a broom in place of a paintbrush, Floratos’s compositions have a sense of performativity and immediacy.

Chris Johanson’s (b. 1968, San Jose, CA) slow and deliberate paintings emerge out of a meditative process honed over the past three decades. Reflecting on life and the material footprint that humans leave behind, Johanson uses discarded drop cloths and clothing stretched over found stretcher bar materials, creating meticulous paintings reminiscent of ancient frescoes or mandala paintings. He contemplates themes of impermanence, fluidity , and the overall fleeting nature of existence. The subject matter ranges from swirling abstractions to floating emotive heads.

- G Gallery