NEWS

Exhibition

Specters
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
On view February 18 - March 25, 2023
Opening reception: February 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The work of Stephen Lapthisophon is process-driven. The work evolves from layers of unconventional materials and textures: materials that include old, saved newspapers, t-shirts, coffee and coffee grounds, wood varnish, charcoal, spray paint, oil stick, chocolate and pigmented bacon fat, along with house paint. An undeniable physicality of surface, which is built from layers of everyday “stuff” is derived from improvisation and performance, where response to what is already laid down creates additional friction with new layers which are added.

Specters are the ghosts we carry around. Feelings of the past, and old, faded memories haunt the pictures. There are direct visual references to Duchamp (a commemorative painting, 1923 – 2023) and to Malevich. Otherwise, the paintings ask the viewer to relish the materiality of paint and texture which mingle and saturate the canvas, giving rise to sensate pleasures and discoveries.

More information https://conduitgallery.com/viewing-rooms/specters

Public Project

MODERN BILLINGS XIII
Billboard project with The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
On view October 21-December 4, 2022
For MODERN BILLINGS XIII, Stephen Lapthisophon presents a group of images reflecting on his past work, and influences and fragments from his writing and installations. Lapthisophon’ s work moves, touches and records various states and contexts according to the situation offered. He is drawn to the idea of shifting contexts and changes in scale and time. These images span a number of years but are connected by questions of touch, mapping, directionality, and historical presence.

More information https://www.themodern.org/modern-billings