Judi Rotenberg Gallery
130 Newbury St.
Boston, MA

May 3rd- June 1st
www.judirotenberg.com







Playing with contradiction, PIXNIT is a street artist who stencils illegal work in public places, and a gallery artist who exhibits commissioned work in commercial, residential and institutional spaces. The name PIXNIT is based on the Latin word pinxit, often seen in the signature of paintings from the 1800's, meaning she/he painted this work. For this artist, the identity PIXNIT is both a veil of anonymity as well as a means to name a finite body of work.

In her new exhibition titled, "Hello my name is PIXNIT," the artist presents a pictorial space where architecture is flattened and painting becomes three-dimensional. PIXNIT integrates her signature stenciled wall paintings with mixed media sculpture and dimensional painting, creating an opportunity for interaction, as well as invitation to physically navigate around the various sites in the show. Overall, the exhibition is an installation that negotiates space and plays with the expectations of the viewer.

Borrowing and re-contextualizing elements from historical sources, PIXNIT presents a cacophony of imagery throughout the gallery. She engages the decorative arts with architectural and interior ornament, combining imagery of chandeliers, birdcages, butterflies, and a chase lounge. The entirety of the exhibition is a decadent theater of reflection and artifice, encouraging us to reconfigure our notions of beauty and excess.

"Hello my name is PIXNIT" highlights the pervasive malaise of the modern era, while engulfing us in the indulgences of the Western world. It is a conversation with history, universality, excess, cheapness, middle-class banality, objectivity, romanticism, and sappiness. Whether one eventually experiences her work as a pointed critique or aesthetic event, pleasure and humor will serve the experience.