James Verbicky: Mindstream

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James Verbicky

James Verbicky, Citta Samtana Bhavanga Diptych 1," 2016

enamel and crystalina on canvas, 60" x 82" x 2"

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 1, 2-5pm

“Verbicky’s pieces are futuristic relics, mosaic-like stage sets where words and images collide as tertiary mandalas and, most revealing, they are nearly four-dimensional emblemata for a new secular age of sensational saturation”

Donald Brackett. Immersive: The Neo-Baroque Paintings of James Verbicky. 2016

In 2010, Canadian born, California resident James Verbicky pioneered the “Citta Samtana” series (sanskrit words which translate loosely into “mental continuum” or mindstream). Themed around our current world of media and branding and its attempts to persuade, manipulate, and coerce through subtle and suggestive imagery, Verbicky’s series present three-dimensional surfaces that transcend traditional painting and venture into the realm of sculpture, utilizing vintage media, graphics, advertisements and obsolete branding materials. Using acrylic paint, panel and resin (with some works employing LEDs), his abstraction attempts to capture both forgotten and persisting icons of media, reminding the viewer that we are constantly being influenced with, and by, media. With pristine attention to every detail of construction, Verbicky employs bold color combinations and elegantly smooth compositions that gleam under natural light. In 2016, Verbicky’s new Bhavanga Series transferred his wall mural technique onto canvas; presenting hand painted and stenciled works, that include the use of crystalina (“diamond dust”), in his signature horizontal bands.