Kenneth Varpe (b. 1978, Klepp) has in recent years been making self-reflexive paintings, in which paint is both the motif and the material. Varpe depicts clumps of paint and impasto brushstrokes so realistically that he achieves a trompe l’oeil effect, tricking the eye into believing the thing that is rendered is truly there. Playing with paint as both object and image points to the duality of painting: representation and presentation.

The exhibition opens Thursday, October 16th, 6-8pm.