KEVIN ARCHER’S ENIGMATIC UNDULATIONS OF COLOR

“My paintings invite viewers to imaginatively participate; like looking at the clouds and seeing the head of a lion,” says Kevin Archer of his abstract paintings – better described as freeze frame images of moving paint.

Kevin Archer – Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas 52″x95″

Archer creates his master pieces via the exploration of liquid animation, quintessentially a process of manipulating wet paint into more wet paint. His canvases are a saturation of colors that intertwine with one another rhythmically; the actively flying and floating biomorphic forms are suggestive of human, animal, and microcosmic shapes. They are busy colliding, overlapping, and engaging each other in an imaginary landscape space, frozen in a moment of time.

Perhaps, the biggest draw to Archer’s paintings is the multiple detailed vignettes that come into play when one takes a closer look at each of his creations. Consequently, welcoming the viewer to experience the dynamic aspects of the work – the paintings also encourage engagement, making them an interactive visual coalesce.  Due to the purely abstract nature of his work, the viewer’s experience of the piece is constantly changing; this unique dialogue between the admirer and the canvas can be rightfully termed as ephemeral. The paintings can be experienced as meditations in color, form, and energy, as well as compositional arrangements of suggestive imagery. The imagery in the paintings invites an imaginative participation, a moment in which the viewer is propelled into a cosmic ultra-world of color. In essence Archer’s work serves as an oxymoronic experience – the paintings represent a freeze frame of a moment in time; however the viewer’s experience is anything but static.

Archer has taken time to master his process of creation. According to Bill Lowe, “Archer’s work has a universal appeal; his luxurious application of paint creates enigmatic undulations of color on the canvas and almost always lures the admirer in for a closer look.”

Posted in Art, The Lowe Look and tagged art, Atlanta, Bill Lowe, Bill Lowe Gallery, Contemporary Art, Culture, Kevin Archer
 

CURRICULUM VITAE

Kevin Archer
Atlanta, Georgia

EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1994.
-- Concentration in Painting, Drawing, and Photographic Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

One Atlantic Center, Atlanta, Ga 2017
Reticle Project, Atlanta, GA 2012
Astolfi Art, Atlanta, GA 2010
Paintings, Wertz Contemporary, Atlanta, GA 2008
Castleberry Hill Open Studio, Atlanta, GA 2006-2008
261B Peters Street, Atlanta, GA 2006-2010
450 Broadway Gallery (Soho) New York, NY 1998
Art of it All, Athens, GA 1994
Frijoleros, Athens, GA 1993
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2013
Astolfi Art, Atlanta, GA 2012
Besharat Contemporary, Atlanta, GA 2012
Hambidge Art Auction, Atlanta, GA 2012
Best of Atlanta, Besharat Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2012
IIDA Speaks Event, The Art Collaborative, Atlanta, GA 2011
The Collective, Michael Habachy Designs, Atlanta, GA 2011
The Blueprint Project, Atlanta, GA 2011
Chicago Showroom, Bradley-Hughes, Chicago, IL 2011
Group Show, Besharat Contemporary, Atlanta, GA 2011
New Exhibition, Astolfi Art, Atlanta, GA 2011
Besharat Gallery Abstract Painters, Rouche Beaubois, Atlanta, GA 2011
Art Papers Auction, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA 2011
Besharat Artists, Ligne Rousset, Atlanta, GA 2010
Affordable Art Fair, Besharat Gallery, New York, NY 2010
Bradley Hughes Atlanta, Showroom, Atlanta, GA 2010
Ian's Friends Foundation Event, White Provisions, Atlanta, GA 2010
Shaun's Edgewood Social Club, Atlanta, GA 2010
Summer GroupShow, Sandler Hudson, Atlanta, GA 2008
Drawing 0utside the Lines, The Rialto, Atlanta, GA 2007
Hambidge Art Auction, Atlanta, GA 2007
BackRoom, Wertz Contemporary, Atlanta, GA 2006
GroupShow, Mason Murer Projects, Atlanta, GA 2006
USArt Show, Doogallery, Atlanta, GA 2006
Hambidge Art Auction, Atlanta, GA 2006
Paintings in Pods, The Sundial, Atlanta, GA 2006
Trinity School Art Auction, Atlanta, GA 2006
ArtHouse, Atlanta, GA 2006
Unfamiliar Destinations, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2005
Sub-plot, Barthelemy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2004
Animal New York, Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY 2003
Summer Group Show, Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY 2003
441Gallery, New York, NY 1997
Lyndon House Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA 1993

COLLECTIONS

Melanie Turner Interiors

Gamble and Gamble Architects

Alston and Bird