Greely Myatt’s show “Just Sayin’” at David Lusk Gallery was an interesting combination of sculptural forms and prints. Using imagery such as speech bubbles and panel frames derived from comic books, Greely Myatt creates sculptural forms that act as their own sort of comic. Some act in direct relation to the idea of the two-dimensional page while other pieces break the third wall and create new forms from the combination of speech bubbles.
His prints combine multiple print processes. Both intaglio and relief are found in elements of both of his prints. The processes, although having different visual effects on the way the print appears, are both utilized for the same compositional effect. This breaking-down of the separate media within a print is very fascinating.
Myatt’s more dimensional sculptures were very intriguing in the ways that they interacted with the gallery space. The giant sculpture made of broomsticks and gardening supplies imposes on the space of the viewers and places other people in the gallery inside of speech bubbles as you walk around it. The Book sculpture was interesting in that its placement was near one of the resting points in the flow of the gallery space. This way, when looking at the piece, you were also looking through it to people who lined up with the speech bubbles as they mingled.
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