Robert Bordo
PAINT WORLD
23 Jun – 25 Aug 2023
The Upstairs at 39 Walker

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Robert Bordo, PAINT WORLD, Installation view, Bortolami, New York, 2023

Bortolami is pleased to present PAINT WORLD, an exhibition of new paintings by Robert Bordo and his second solo show at the gallery, presented in The Upstairs.

Six of Bordo’s monumental planets populate the gallery. Deftly executed with impressionistic touch, Bordo’s universal forms float in a brushy monochromatic space. He traced each perfect circle with a compass, and filled their forms with land masses and currents, painted in oil, rendering immediately recognizable yet uncanny globes; a form we recognize with a geography we question.

Works

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Planet

Planet, 2023

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Siege

Siege, 2023

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A Primer

A Primer, 2023

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Turnaround

Turnaround, 2023

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Fish Bowl Revisited

Fish Bowl Revisited, 2023

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Ripe Melon

Ripe Melon, 2023

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Fabled

Fabled, 2023