Wessling Contemporary

Current Exhibition: Ronnie Genotti, Have You Seen the Weather?

Interpretations of art, like the weather, are subject to change.

In his second solo exhibition with Wessling Contemporary, Ronnie Genotti presents works inspired by the solace he takes in nature, and informed by the music to which he listens while he paints – never caring if the lyrics he hears (like the show’s title) are the actual ones the musician wrote. This insistence on personal interpretation is at the heart of Genotti’s work. His subject matter is often only vaguely defined in the finished piece, although he starts out painting scenes that are quite literal and adds layers of abstraction until the work “feels like a memory.” It is through this reductive abstraction that he lets the viewer own their own interpretation of that memory for themselves.

The exhibition showcases three of Ronnie’s four main stylistic avenues: Neo-Impressionism, shimmering with Pointillist colors; Intense Minimalism, where an immediate sense of simplicity gives way to a world of subtle detail; And Abstract Expressionism, in which his kinetic brush strokes strokes capture the frenzy of energy Genotti expends in the act of creation.