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The work in Things Are As They Seem represents what Jason Gubbiotti views as a transitional period, containing the elements of his past work while branching into new territory. For over 15 years, Gubbiotti has created and presented what is most often not considered in painting. Supports, stretchers, staples, screws, glue, and paint have all been exposed and utilized in the making of his art. He incorporates all of the rudimentary elements and gives them equal importance. For this exhibition, he writes, 鈥淚 decided to remove the how was this made question by having everything directly unfold in front of the audience, an unboxing if you will.鈥�

The exhibition contains three bodies of work. The wall paintings are the culmination of two decades of investigating surface and support, application, and image. According to the artist, 鈥淭he paintings finally arrive to complete the object that is comprehensive, yet laced with harmonious internal conflicts. The painting supports have been addressed as a sculptor would, by adding and subtracting sections to give shape to their final form.鈥�