Surfacing: Alek Bélanger • Bill Boyko • Charlotte Blake • Jacob Freeman • Ali Pilli • Jake Santos

31 January - 22 February 2025
  • Press Release

    sur·face /ˈsərfəs/

    verb: provide with a particular upper or outer layer
    [intransitive] to suddenly appear or become obvious after having been hidden for a while

     

    Abbozzo Gallery presents Surfacing, a group exhibition that pays attention to texture and finish and posits a series of artworks that convey a sense of desire, of danger, of almost-there, of looking through a glass darkly, and coming-to-light; of things almost seen and caught in state of transition. Playing on the double-meaning of surfacing - this show explores various artists employment of texture on their respective surfaces; in some cases, application of paint and brushstroke is thick, and self-evident, for others, no contact with the surface has even been made at all, and for a couple, the surface is the artwork. Also featured is the experimentation with blurred and obfuscated compositions and subject matter caught in in-between states, objects not quite fully breaching a plane, and suspended in mid- action - in some cases imbuing a constant unresolved tension between itself and its viewer.

    • Charlotte Blake, Bug, 2025
      Charlotte Blake, Bug, 2025
      CAD 800.00
    • Charlotte Blake, Cradle, 2023
      Charlotte Blake, Cradle, 2023
      CAD 7,000.00
    • Charlotte Blake, Way Out, 2024
      Charlotte Blake, Way Out, 2024
      CAD 5,000.00
    • Jacob Freeman, Motorhead, 2024
      Jacob Freeman, Motorhead, 2024
      $ 2,520.00
    • Jacob Freeman, Blink, 2025
      Jacob Freeman, Blink, 2025
      $ 1,680.00
    • Jacob Freeman, Jean Shirt , 2020
      Jacob Freeman, Jean Shirt , 2020
      $ 7,000.00
    • Jake Santos, promises, 2024
      Jake Santos, promises, 2024
      CAD 1,500.00
    • Jake Santos, falling for, 2024
      Jake Santos, falling for, 2024
      CAD 1,400.00
    • Jake Santos, somewhere between, 2024
      Jake Santos, somewhere between, 2024
      CAD 3,300.00
    • Jake Santos, carissa, 2024
      Jake Santos, carissa, 2024
      CAD 1,750.00
    • Jake Santos, if he can’t, 2024
      Jake Santos, if he can’t, 2024
      CAD 1,500.00
    • Jake Santos, you’ve been on my mind, 2024
      Jake Santos, you’ve been on my mind, 2024
      CAD 1,500.00
    • Ali Pilli, Vintage Valentine, 2025
      Ali Pilli, Vintage Valentine, 2025
      CAD 4,000.00
    • Ali Pilli, Tiger's Eye, 2024
      Ali Pilli, Tiger's Eye, 2024
      CAD 3,400.00
    • Alek Bélanger, Fifty Shades, 2022
      Alek Bélanger, Fifty Shades, 2022
      CAD 5,500.00
    • Alek Bélanger, Exquisite Self, 2020
      Alek Bélanger, Exquisite Self, 2020
      CAD 4,000.00
    • Alek Bélanger, Purity, 2020
      Alek Bélanger, Purity, 2020
      CAD 4,500.00
    • Alek Bélanger, Winter's Touch, 2020
      Alek Bélanger, Winter's Touch, 2020
      CAD 4,000.00
    • Bill Boyko, Surfacing, 2023
      Bill Boyko, Surfacing, 2023
      CAD 12,000.00