ROY G BIV impasto paintings 1985-1989
The ROY G BIV impasto paintings are a series of nearly 30 paintings and sculptures ranging in numerous sizes between, 9"x16" and 17" X 7 foot, on wood bases executed by EIDIA and an intern in a tiny art studio in the famous 611 "Cable Building" in SoHo. The pigment formula was invented and developed by Lamarre while being mentored by Jerome Kamrowski the noted New York Abstract Expressionists (and Surrealist) who headed the painting department at the University of Michigan. Kamrowski also had previously mentored the artist Mike Kelley.
The intended style of the work was EIDIA's response to the burgeoning trend in artist run galleries like International with Monument, and Nature Morte know as “Neo-Geo.” This was during the period of the Post-Modernistim in the East Village art scene with artists like, Jeff Koon, Meyer Vasiman, Peter Halley and Mark Dagley. When these artists started to show in commercial galleries the passion and innovation of the movement pretty much petered out. With these works EIDIA mocked the idea of the commodified art trends and comments on how irksome the frivolous the art world is.
The intended style of the work was EIDIA's response to the burgeoning trend in artist run galleries like International with Monument, and Nature Morte know as “Neo-Geo.” This was during the period of the Post-Modernistim in the East Village art scene with artists like, Jeff Koon, Meyer Vasiman, Peter Halley and Mark Dagley. When these artists started to show in commercial galleries the passion and innovation of the movement pretty much petered out. With these works EIDIA mocked the idea of the commodified art trends and comments on how irksome the frivolous the art world is.
