Gabriel Madan

at Gattopardo

The slapdash brushwork of Gabriel Madan’s work suggests a personal but ultimately fleeting investment in his subjects. The style and content are both Pop but not too Pop – an oddball mix of semi-famous celebrities and obscure kitsch. By loosely hand-painting collage-like images of things usually seen in a tightly controlled way, he highlights the relationship of the “personal” to the “algorithm.” The best work here is a relatively unadorned painting of a lizard, which showcases his light and painterly touch. This is a fun show with its bold, fresh colors and ADHD formalism, but it leaves me wondering if it would have been better if he had logged off and slowed down.