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Artist, Michael griesgraber knows how to make color go through its paces.
In his square hard-edge geometric paintings, he opts for saturated hues
that contest with one another for visual prominence, resulting in dynamic
configurations that perpetually realign. Calling upon the variable perception
of a color in relation to others, he masterfully orchestrates ever-shifting
groupings and spatial readings, with any component having the capacity to
advance or recede. For the mutable ordering of surface and depth to be set in
motion, each color must hold its own, and griesgraber’s palette has muscle.

His solo exhibition titled Colors Square Route references the format for all
the paintings. Starting with the canvas shape, squares and cubes are used
throughout as a motif and as overt or implicit structural elements. In addi-
tion to the lines of 90° angles, griesgraber derives diagonals and with this
restricted repertoire achieves seemingly endless permutations, pushing
patterns to the limit with the adept application of vibrant color.
Stephanie grille, PhD (Art History), Yale University

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