Jacob Kassay’s first exhibition in Europe, at art:concept, in Paris, will present a series of abstract paintings with silver metallic surfaces. The works of this young American artist create a space-continuum in which blurred and opaque reflections convey illusions of depth. Beyond the impact created by the light that alters any painting’s surface, we find that the importance granted to the space between the spectator and the inherent flatness of the canvas turns into a rebounding reference to the immaterial, conceptual side of painting. His field of action is the monochromatic neutrality imparted by the absence of figures and interaction between colours; in the quest to achieve an emotional effect, he creates unpainted paintings that are animated by the reverberation of the space we view them in.
(source: Mousse magazine)
