PLAYGROUND DETROIT presents featured artist Nic Notion with his first solo exhibition, Amerixan Notion. The exhibition features his recent series of mixed media works, including a variety of paintings, photography and installation.
Pulling some of his inspiration from the city itself, including references of its changing landscape and the official Flag of Detroit; Amerixan Notion is an alter destiny of the “American Dream” embracing the grit and beauty of everyday life.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nic Notion is a Detroit-based visual artist. Using putty knives and industrial paint, he develops dynamic layers of aggressive lines on canvas. Much of his work depicts abstract houses and structures decaying and burning; an urban landscape being over taken by nature, and anonymous figures partaking in mischievous behavior. Notion’s roots run deep in Detroit, although he was born and spent much of his childhood in California. While his father and uncles grew up in Highland Park, Notion moved to his family stomping ground when he was fifteen and has been living there ever since. Over the past couple of decades, the 34-year-old artist has watched the city transform and reflects these visible changes in his own urban environment through his artwork.
Combining a background in film and photography with his self-taught putty knife painting method, Notion shares a view of the world through his own lens, while challenging widely-held stereotypes of the “American Dream.”
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