Ian Tweedy. My Wall

Monitor is delighted to present American painter Ian Tweedy’s first solo show at the gallery after several years of absence, featuring a new group of work entirely conceived for MY WALL solo show.
Tweedy’s early work, which was characterized by the use of a variety of media including graffiti, sculpture, photography and drawing, has given way to an evolution in his research, resulting in a unadulterated painting exhibition. The artist’s subject matter, too, has expanded: the coupling of straightforward reporting of historical facts with a personal interpretation now gives way to new methods of narration and representation of facts, time and space.
Tweedy’s aspiration for the construction of a new mythology based on European and American history, together with the concept of appropriation and the recording of past and recent history is now intertwined with a broader vision of reality and personal experience, creating a furthering of imagination which speaks to us in a new language.
The constant and intense labour of collecting and archiving images remains central to Tweedy’s work, but is now compounded by the creation of a more intimate biography, a more defined identity and a multi-layered story open to a number of interpretations. The artist has here embarked on a new dialogue with the medium of painting, its subject matter, and the process of composing an image.The urban landscape of his previous works becomes almost entirely substituted by a natural one.
Nature, depicted in its regenerating process, has become central to Tweedy’s recent work: it is a constant element with its perpetual seasons and its relation to man, who, portrayed almost always from behind as though diving into the background, is captured by nature, creating a seemingly third dimension or additional depth to explore.
Tweedy engages with the canvas as if he were dabbling in a theatrical representation, gradually bringing onto the set elements which go on to compose the direction of the narration and representation. The true intent of the composition is revealed only towards the end as the elements surface from the background. A key role is played by light, which envelopes the subject matter with its dynamism, as well as color, which spreads and bleeds beyond the borders of the painting.
Through a profound exploration of his personal relationship with figurative painting over the years, compounded by his personal conception of abstraction, with TITLE Tweedy achieves an deep understanding of his own history as a painter, laying the foundation for a future of infinite possibilities.

IAN TWEEDY (Born in Hahn, DE, 1982. Lives and works in New York City)
Mostre personali: 2014 Descent, Untitled, New York; 2013 My Neighbors The Von Stauffenbergs, Monitor, Rome, IT; Post Red Scare Raid (After the Triumphs of Caesar by Andrea Mantegna) The Arts Club, London, UK; A Line describing the surface, Museion, Bolzano, Italy; 2012 A Long Story, Untitled, New York; 2011 Retracing my steps, Painting Performance, Complesso Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, Italy. Curated by Ludovico Pratesi and Valentina Ciarallo Debris, Monitor, Rome; 2009 70 Zeppelins, EX3 Centro per l’Arte Contemporaneo, Florence. Curated by Lorenzo Giusti.; No Soul for Sale, A Festival of Independents, Perfomance for Mousse Magazine, X Initiative, New York. Curated by Cecilia Alemani; Olympia, WA and a Portriat of a Picture, Studio Dabbeni, Lugano; Without a Glimmer of Remorse, Monitor Gallery, Roma; 2008 I’ll Meet You at the Rendezvous, GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo Curated by Alessandro Rabot- tini; 2007 It’s Only a Matter of Time, Studio Dabbeni, Lugano; 2006 A History out of Context, Prometeogallery, Milano.
Mostre collettive (selezione): 2016 Quarter I 2016, Hooper Projects, Los Angeles; Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan; 2014 Un’Idea di Pittura II, Monitor Studio, New York; Un’Idea di Pittura I, Monitor, Rome; The Inde- pendent: Dreams That Money Can’t Buy, a project by Cura, Maxxi Museum, Rome, Italy; 2013 Le Ragioni della Pittura. Esiti e prospettive di un medium, curated by Laura Cherubini and Eugenio Viola, Palazzo De Sanctis, Castelbasso, (Teramo), Italy; 2012 The Giuliana and Tommaso Setari Collection, behind closed doors again, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France; 2011 Summer Show, Gal- erie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Art works, Deutsche Bank Collection Group Head Office, Frankfurt, Germany
Wallpaperism, Motel Campo, curated by Nick Oberthaler, Geneva, Switzerland; COSA FA LA MIA ANIMA MENTRE STO LAVORANDO? Curated by Francesca Pasini and Angela Vettese, The Consolandi Collection, MAGA Museum, Varese, Italy; 2010 VideoREPORT ITALIA 2008_09,Gal- leria Comunale d’arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monfalcone. Curated by Andrea Bruciati; Il Museo Privato. La passione per l’arte contemporaneo nelle collezioni Bergamasche, GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo. Curated by Giancinto di Pietrantonio; 21 x 21 – Twenty one artists for the 21st Century, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Tori- no; Display 2, Studio Dabbeni, Lugano; Milano/Marseille #2 Mal D’archives, La Friche la belle de mai, Marseille. Curated by Katia Anguelova and Chiara Agnello.; 2009 Look at me, Faces and the Gazes in Art 1969 – 2009, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano curated by Marco Franciolli and Bettina Della Casa; Usages de Document, Centre Culturel Suisse à Paris, Paris; IMO3 – L’Im- magine Sottile, Galleria Comunale Di Monfalcone (GO). Curated by Andrea Bruciati; 2008 50 Moons of Saturn, Triennale di Torino, Castello di Rivoli (TO). Curated by Daniel Birnbaum; Same Democracy Neon>Campobase, Bologna. Curated by Marinella Paderni and Elvira Vannini; 2007 Der Prozess, Prague Biennale 3, Prague. Curated by Marco Scotini.; Cities from Below, Fondazi- one Teseco, Pisa. Curated by Marco Scotini; 2006 Capital Culture, Prometeogallery, Milano; The People’s Choice: Tools for an Art and Community Center, Isola Art Center, Milano. Curated by Marco Scotini.; Un lavoro fatto ad arte, Palazzo Te, Mantova. Curated by Veronica Pirola; 2005 Who Uses the Space? Isola Art Center, Milano. Curated by Marco Scotini; 2004 Premio Lissone, Museo D’Arte Contemporaneo, Lissone (IT). Curated by Flaminio Gualdoni
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