Tranter-Sinni Gallery presents Artist Jamie dePasquale’s EXPLORATION + EVOLUTION: Game of Life Series.

Thursday, September 29th from 6pm-9pm join us for the opening of artist Jamie dePasquale’s exhibit EXPLORATION + EVOLUTION: Game of Life Series at Tranter-Sinni Gallery. The newly arrived gallery proudly presents a Grand Opening exhibition of award-winning artist and former Roy Lichtenstein’s assistant Jamie dePasquale. Leading into 2000, the artist began experimenting with sculptures and discovered the idea of scale in his works. Creating his island paintings, which will be featured in this upcoming exhibit with Tranter-Sinni Gallery located in the world-renowned Museo Vault Building in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District. The exhibition opens September 29th and runs through October 29th, 2016.

In 1976 Jamie began his art series with his pattern paintings, inspired by a viewing of a horse against a brick wall that would help influence his idea of electric, 3 dimensional images. Pretty abstraction with an idea of vandalism through his ripped canvas. He went on to show his work at the Monique Knowlton Gallery. Showing a variety of his cartoon portrait, stylized, non-existent animals. From dogs to lions, Jamie’s lion theme making a huge impression on the art scene in New York. Jamie dePasquale received an outstanding review for his series by John Russel, who was one of the foremost art critics of the New York times. In 1986 until 1991 the artist began working on his transitional works. Influenced by Roy Lichtenstein’s organized pictures planes, 2 dimensional patterns and pieces lead him to his brick series to include the brick house and brick tree. He began drawing a series from this. His hobby of crosswords began to take on a life of their own. He was fascinated by the squares of how the puzzles can do anything, how they can be manipulated by shape and color. Like a mathematical equation he would see the same in a stack of playing cards, MaryJane wrappers, mattress labels or domino’s. Connecting the dots, leaving out edges and creating shapes and abstraction through his paintings. This series featuring his unique style of Cubist, pop art.

Image: Jamie dePasquale / Photography by Daniel Gonzalez
Under Penalty of Law, 1991
Acrylic on canvas
76 1/2 x 101 inches