Skillful, strange, and captivating, Luke Harnden’s paintings force the viewer to slow down and investigate. For a number of years, Harnden has meticulously applied horizontal lines in his paintings to great optical and psychological effect. His photo-inspired works, seen here in Suit, have been likened to screens caught in moments of static with images hovering in an ambiguous state. The psychological effect is a viewer simultaneously negotiating the act of viewing and an awareness of the devices we rely on to feed us images. Harnden lives and works in Los Angeles. He received a MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and a BA from the University of Texas at Dallas, and he has exhibited at the Box Co., Site 131, and Barry Whistler Gallery in Dallas.
Luke Harnden
SUIT
2021
acrylic on canvas
50 x 36 inches