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By methods old and new, indelible
images are born
By Michael Barnes
American-Statesman Arts Critic
Saturday, June 8, 2002
Delectable is the word for the high-resolution
digital prints by Industry of Light at Joseph Raj
Gallery. The Industry's duo -- William Hundley and X.
Farrar -- treat chemical and digital photography like
the most luscious sort of painting, both on canvas and
Somerset Velvet, a radiant white paper. "Negative"
represents another stage in the development of their
hyper-sophisticated style with giclée digital printing.
Drawing with light, they spool and pool colors,
meanwhile creating intense negative spaces with
brilliant white bases. Some of their abstractions
coalesce into mellifluous streams, others tangle
stringlike, still others are cut to machined edges. The
color gradations are handled with impeccable care.
Given the appeal of the art and its responsive
hanging in this office/exhibit space, this is the first
exhibit at the Raj Gallery that I can wholeheartedly
recommend.
"Negative" continues through July 20 at Joseph Raj
Gallery, 411 Brazos St., No. 99, 708-0565,
www.rajgallery.com.
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