PACO POMET "SCAPELANDS" @ RICHARD HELLER, LOS ANGELES JUXTAPOZ // Wednesday, 15 Jan 2014 Richard Heller Gallery is pleased to announce, Scapelands, a new collection of paintings by Spanish artist, Paco Pomet. The exhibition kicks off the new year for the Santa Monica/Bergmot Station gallery, with Pomet's new work opening January 11, 2014. The landscape, deeply rooted in pictorial western tradition, is the starting point from which Pomet elaborates subversion on the conventional ways of its interpretation. Thus, we find ourselves faced with images that present the outside world and the territory as scenes where unexpected and dreamlike situations take place. The author destabilizes, disarranges and alters the order of the elements that configure the mise en scène in each of the paintings exhibited and the resulting images propose a new visual order. Due to the alterations, changes and glitches inflicted, the traditional construction of a landscape and its components become dismantled. Then, a new reality (though surreal) overcomes. Pomet draws on different procedures in each work to build his visual paradoxes. Thereby, we can see scale games in works like Feat, personification in Neighbors or Escape, color field inclusions in Baptists, The Golden Age or Silverer, fable construction in Noah's Nightmare, juxtaposition of exclusive elements in Inside Out, or perspective alterations in The Glitch. Paco Pomet received a Fine Arts Degree (1993) from Universidad de Granada, Spain with an Erasmus Exchange (1992) at Loughborough College of Art and Design, United Kingdom. His work has been exhibited at, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada Spain, Monya Rowe Gallery in NY, NY, My Name's Lolita Art, Madrid, Spain and Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. Pomet lives and works in Granada, Spain. This is his second solo show at the gallery.
Paco Pomet s Pink Clouds And Orange Rivers Change Vintage Photos Into Surreal Paintings February 11, 2015 by Christina Nafziger Spain based artist Paco Pomet paints colorful clouds of pink and blue that consume and take over vintage scenes of landscapes. A skilled painter, Pomet uses oil paints to create surreal landscapes where his vibrant colors transform each image into something out of the ordinary. He paints his transformative palette like a wave that will eventually consume everything in its path. Pomet s work starts out looking like vintage photos of tranquil wilderness in black and white or sepia tones, but then a burst of colored slime oozes and covers the scene. His fluffy pinks and fiery reds cut through the composition to reveal new elements, changing the situation and meaning of each image. Not only does this now distort the circumstance of the painting, but also the setting has become a whole different world where anything is possible. This is a place where tree trunks can glow, the sky can drip, and mountains can break in half. Each color is placed cleverly and adds a bit of humor and curiosity to his work. Pomet s paintings show influence of traditional western paintings and landscapes, with their inclusion of desert scenes, covered wagons, and cowboys. His choices of misfit colors do not only break up this traditional imagery, but ads a contemporary, dream-like quality not unlike that of contemporary pop-surrealism. His paintings hint at analogue photography, but with elements of modern design. Paco Pomet is represented by Richard Heller Gallery in Santa Monica, CA and currently has a solo exhibition on view until February 15 th. Make sure to see the artist s incredible work in person while you have the chance!