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Rope Line (detail)
Greg Drasler, oil on canvas, 70"x80", 2004
New York City–based painter Greg Drasler
is an artistic descendant of Rene Magritte. Drasler’s work is full
of ornate, claustrophobic interiors with surreal elements (out-of-place
umbrellas and wire hangers) and disconcerting proportions (floors tilting
at odd angles)—enigmatic koans suffused with symbolism just beyond
parsing.
Rope Line is taken from a series of paintings Drasler
has been working on for the past 10 years about crowds and crowd dynamics.
All are tinged with nostalgia—like outtakes from a 1940s tickertape
parade in Times Square. Rope Line was most recently shown as part of Drasler’s
one-man show “Claustrophilia” in April at the Manhattan location
of the Van Brunt Gallery. (There is also a Beacon location of the Van
Brunt Gallery.)
The recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts
Fellowship in 1991 and a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in
1993, Drasler teaches painting at Princeton University.
For more information, visit www.vanbruntgallery.com/nyc.
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