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12. A BREAK FROM CONTENT: JASON MIDDLEBROOK Middlebrook’s long-standing interest in abstraction, intersecting disciplines and nature are the cross-currents of his most recent exhibition. For the first time, Middlebrook is presenting an in-depth investigation of a singular body of work: his planks. The exhibition also marks the artist's most abstract body of work to date. Hand-selecting internal cuts of Cury Maple, Redwood, English Elm, and Cairo Walnut tree trunks, Middlebrook laboriously covers the planed façades with repeating geometry in highly saturated pigment. His line-dominant compositions imply infinite extension beyond the bounds of the plank form, confronting and expanding the viewer's sense of space. Details: DODGEgallery 15 Rivington Street November 19 - December 23, 2011 Opening: Saturday, November 19, 6 - 8 PM [More info]