Ryan Wallace: Second Skin presents paintings developed through Wallace's ongoing renegotiation of materials, compositional forms arising from the remnants of earlier works. The verso becomes as compelling as the face; unresolved works are resurrected; excised components are reapplied with renewed intent. Fiberglass sheeting — translucent as skin — forms new planes to cover and cut into, blurring the line between front and back, public and private. Oil, enamel, acrylic, aluminum, copper, linen, canvas, and fiberglass introduce textural presence across formally resonant surfaces where line, shape, and geometric motifs repeat with lyrical intent. The exhibition takes its title from a song on The Chameleons' 1983 debut album — described by Wallace as "ethereal and familiar and abstract and desolate and raw, but beautiful and melodic."
