elliott templeton fine arts

Elliott Templeton Fine Arts is delighted to announce a two-person exhibition by the New York artists David Carrino and Alex Jovanovich. Their explorations of language and visuality can be captured by what Carrino describes as the "alchemy of turning a phrase into form."         In Carrino's new body of work, he continues his excavation of language as form by physically sewing text into silk panels. The two-dimensional alphabet, when stitched, pulls the fabric into sculptural form, creating a new sense of materiality. As a result, the phrases he selects, which he characterizes as “unarticulated thoughts and emotions," take on physical shape in the process.Carrino's use of golds and jewel tones draws inspiration from the symbolist use of color in Sienese art and from the hues of sacred textiles in Buddhist and Catholic practices.         Alex Jovanovich's black-and-white ink and pencil drawings weave language through a meticulously rendered graphic style. He employs letters as filaments, lacing them into dense compositions where text is at once emergent and camouflaged. His arch yet visceral phrasings, such as "lesbienne betrayal," stretch and coil into floral or textile-like forms. His imagery draws from mid-century BDSM illustration, embedding eroticism into the works’ structure. The effect is a study between the lines of control and desire.         The salon room will feature a presentation of new ceramic work by Lizzi Bougatsos.