PaperCity Staff
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- January 06, 2012
We launch 2012’s PaperCity Acquire with a senior Texas master: the obsessive, geometric wizard H.J. Bott, who celebrates the 40th anniversary of his Displacement of Volume principle (aka DoV) this year. What is DoV, you ask? It’s an all-encompassing spatial concept that has birthed some wondrously inventive paintings, sculptures and installations over the ensuing decades. This wild ride through an op-art universe makes Vasarely and Yayoi Kusama look tame — and it’s epitomized by this month’s PC Acquire offering. Fresh from the artist’s studio, the never-before-seen Hip Hop Core of 2011 is an illusionary pyramid-evoking canvas on the diagonal that speaks of the pharaohs overlaid with an election-eve palette. And stay tuned: With statewide exhibitions upcoming at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio (April), long-time Houston dealer Anya Tish Gallery (May), Galveston Arts Center (June) and Kirk Hopper Fine Art in Dallas (October), we predict this is the year of Bott. PC Acquire January 2012 offering: H.J.Bott’s Hip Hop Core, 2011, co-polymer acrylic and vinyl on canvas, 42 by 42 inches diagonal; price $15,000; inquiries Seth Vaughan, seth@papercitymag.com.