 Mark Dagley is one of my favorite painters but kind of a hard sell unless both humor and minimalism are your thing. He emerged in New York at the same time as Steve Di Benedetto, Steven Parrino, and Michael Scott, all of whom were doing post-Peter Halley masking tape paintings in the '80s. After a solo at Tony Shafrazi in '87 he showed quite a bit in Europe, and his work appears sporadically in the states. Of his peer group, I think he's the best, if not the best known. He has a genuinely quirky approach to Mondrian-ish "universal absolutes"--primary colors and basic structures that he keeps running catchy variations on. We worked together on a couple of exhibits, including "Op at UP" and "post-hypnotic," and he currently has a tight, exquisite little show up at Abaton Garage in Jersey City. The piece depicted above, Untitled Construction 5-30-04, consists of cylinders of Play-dohTM he allowed to dry in the tub and coated with acrylic resin. These "found color" objects are lined up inside a white-painted wood enclosure that hangs on the wall. Simple, elegant, stupid--what's not to like?
mark's way HOTT!!!! long live the dag!
I thoroughly enjoyed your short blog on Mark Dagley. Short and pithy. I think his work is not as appreciated in the US as it should be. Some truly exciting work.
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- tom moody 6-16-2004 10:07 am
mark's way HOTT!!!! long live the dag!
- felicia (guest) 6-19-2004 9:00 am
I thoroughly enjoyed your short blog on Mark Dagley. Short and pithy. I think his work is not as appreciated in the US as it should be. Some truly exciting work.
- Mark Staff Brandl (guest) 7-22-2004 3:42 pm