"Frequency"-- Propaganda-haunted realism

"Atomic Luster," Oil on Canvas, 2011.

Cleveland-based painter Mike Meier’s paintings and drawings explore a mysteriously potent visual realm, balanced between depiction and abstraction. Following in the footsteps of contemporary European painters such as Michael Borremans, Luc Tuymans, and Gerhardt Richter, Meier combines a propaganda-haunted realism with a sense of the abstract, dehumanizing force of repetition. His paintings seem in search of the vibrating, ghost-like space of the individual, all but dematerialized, haunting the machine of recent history.

Meier was born in Cleveland and teaches Foundation Drawing at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he earned his BFA.

Waterloo Arts Gallery (FKA Arts Collinwood), 15605 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, OH 44110

Gallery Hours: Tue – Sun 4-10pm or by appointment. Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/523548087742501/ Contact Information: Amy Callahan, 216-692-9500, a.callahan@artscollinwood.org