Artist Spotlight: Shane Walsh's Collage-Inspired Paintings Blend Historical Abstraction with Graphic Imagery
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A spotlight on artist Shane Walsh, featuring a selection of his paintings that draw from historical abstraction and graphic imagery. Walsh holds an MFA from the University of Washington-Seattle, teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and maintains studios in Milwaukee and New York City where he is represented by Asya Geisberg Gallery. His approach treats painting as a form of collage, playfully dissecting and reconstructing visual language from diverse references, techniques, and materials.
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· 2 pulledWalsh's paintings borrow from historical abstraction and graphic imagery.
Approaching painting as a form of collage, he playfully dissects and reconstructs in order to arrive at a visual language that reflects a wide array of references, techniques, and materials.
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