Zach Meisner at MICKEY

Artist: Zach Meisner

Exhibition title: Seæmings

Venue: MICKEY, Chicago, US

Date: June 3 – July 17, 2022

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and MICKEY, Chicago

MICKEY is pleased to present Seæmings, Zach Meisner’s second solo exhibition at the gallery.

Carrying the genetic code of painting, and reorienting the traditional agents of picture making, Zach Meisner constructs compact, three-dimensional receptacles for color and light. In this selection of his latest work, paint behaves as a substrate for itself—a flexible, semi-transparent fabric, stretched over carefully fashioned supports. By means of carving, assembling, and painting, Meisner creates idiosyncratic objects that run the gamut between geometric and amoebic. As the works draw and disperse the viewer’s attention throughout their space, they amplify the tension between image and object, raising questions about the nature of vision, perception and experience.

Zach Meisner (b. Taos, New Mexico 1984) lives in Austin, Texas where he teaches at the University of Texas at Austin. Recent exhibitions include “Film and Volume” at Courtyard Gallery, UT Austin in 2021. Meisner was a recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 2017 and he is a 2014 Luminarts fellow in Visual Arts.

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 7 x 5.75 x 2.25 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 7 x 5.75 x 2.25 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, dye and shellac on pine 1.25 x 1.5 x 2.75 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, dye and shellac on pine 1.25 x 1.5 x 2.75 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 5.5 x 6.5 x 1.75 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 5.5 x 6.5 x 1.75 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on metal rod, walnut 29 x 2.5 x 2.5 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on metal rod, walnut 29 x 2.5 x 2.5 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on metal rod, walnut 29 x 2.5 x 2.5 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on plastic and epoxy 2.25 x 2.5 x 2.75 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on plastic and epoxy 2.25 x 2.5 x 2.75 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, shellac on maple, paper, plastic, acrylic paint/medium 9.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, shellac on maple, paper, plastic, acrylic paint/medium 9.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, shellac on maple, paper, plastic, acrylic paint/medium 9.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and pdf 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.25 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and pdf 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.25 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, oil, epoxy, wood 5.5 x 2 x 4.5 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, oil, epoxy, wood 5.5 x 2 x 4.5 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on maple 7.5 x 5.5 x 3 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on maple 7.5 x 5.5 x 3 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 12 x 6 x 4 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 12 x 6 x 4 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 12 x 12 x .75 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on walnut 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium on maple, 7 x 1.5 x 4 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium on maple, 7 x 1.5 x 4 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium on maple, 7 x 1.5 x 4 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 12 x 5.5 x 5 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 12 x 5.5 x 5 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 12 x 5.5 x 5 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 6 x 6.5 x 3.75 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 6 x 6.5 x 3.75 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicagov

 

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 8 x 7 x 1.5 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 8 x 7 x 1.5 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 4 x 5.5 x 2.25 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 4 x 5.5 x 2.25 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2021, acrylic on walnut and metal 3.25 x 1.75 x 1.75 in

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, Seæmings, 2022, exhibition view, MICKEY, Chicago

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 6.75 x 6.25 x 1.75 in

Zach Meisner, untitled, 2022, acrylic paint/medium stretched over acrylic and mdf 6.75 x 6.25 x 1.75 in