http://www.mikenesbit.com/work-avenue daily 0.75 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55139745e4b0eb67d9f01921/1473144790182-3SEUS2CUYQ2OUMJYAO8U/ds+swipe+show+4.jpg Work - SWIPE With this series of work, Mike Nesbit explored the control of intent of a swift motion; a SWIPE. Like a swing of a baseball bat and a stroke of a paint brush, the technique of the action itself is explored through the scrutiny of the nuances between slight variation and true consistency of the outcome. Nesbit states, "... the result of a motion only exists in relation to a contextual dialogue." The SWIPE is studied by its relationship to materiality, scale, and color. Nesbit chooses to frame his SWIPES in relation to the urban landscape by utilizing brick walls, concrete or steel surfaces as his canvases. Beneath the swipe of painted creases with a screen printer's squeegee, emerges a complex narrative that only deepens because of its simplicity in impressionistic representation caused by SWIPE on a surface. In collaboration between Jai & Jai Gallery and RedCar properties, Mike Nesbit's solo show SWIPE was a series of installations at an offsite exhibition space provided by RedCar that was meant to be both location-less yet site-specific, where the first intention of the artist is for the spectator to engage in the scale and materiality of the autonomous art pieces. Each six 8 x 12 foot concrete canvas, framed with steel, flanked and floated between the building's colonnade in order to create a wall of what seems like continuous SWIPES. The harmony between concrete canvas and site context was defined by the SWIPES of colored acrylic paint. The large concrete canvases hung gracefully as if they were floating in air, capturing striking swift swipes of radiant colors. Material: 2015 8' x 12' x 1.5" concrete panel with acrylic. 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As part of his artistic identity, Nesbit lives within, and between, L.A. and Omaha, Nebraska. The former is a major metropolitan area with centuries of history, whereas the latter is a fairly small city with a suburban American attitude. Geography and time converge, referring to Highland Park in L.A. at the very specific time of 12:00 p.m., giving context in relation to light, shadow, and human activity. Matrices on the artwork’s surface look like ruled lines, but are in fact satellite-views of Los Angeles and Omaha. In stark contrast, Omaha’s positioning is almost at the very center of the continental United States, with masses upon masses of greenery and cornfields mixed within its city limits (with fewer roads, of course). The oppositions and similarities between these two cities are what undergirds these paintings. Here, Nesbit is a formalist. Most apparent are the works' reliance on action painting and primarily colors, using CYMK and RYB, two distinct color systems used to reproduce and mimic reality. Instead of blending, pure Red, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta are brushed on, unmixed or unblended. Flatness, rather than depth, is the focus. A brush stroke here or there lays large swathes of color, with an occasional flick of the wrist for a gestural line that guides the eye from one point to another. Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art are at once combined and reduced, with serial imagery printed through silk screens. But rather than depict a celebrity, floral print, or chair, the almost invisible and intangible subject here is Los Angeles and Omaha in the 21st century. 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