Fernando Garcia Correa, 79118NR1, 2006, acrylic and ink on paper, 31 x 46.25 in

Fernando Garcia Correa, 3949NN1 & 4939NN1 & 3949NR1, 2006, ink on paper, each: 19.25 x 15.25 in

Fernando Garcia Correa, 11879DNR1-2, 2006, acrylic and ink on paper, 31 x 94 in

For the obsessives out there this show is for you.  Fernando Garcia Correa likes to work with hand wrought patterns on simple backgrounds to create a visual effect.  But this work moves beyond the definition of �effect� to explore the region of patterns, rhythm and visual �noise�.  Given the reductive quality of this work Garcia Correa nevertheless gets a lot of mileage out of it.  Some pieces such as 79118NR1 include more then a bit of humor.  In this case the image suggests any number of things.  On one hand, I couldn�t help but see a reference to a circa 1950s movie mad scientist�s experiment gone horribly wrong. But equally, albeit in a more conceptual mode, I see a straightforward explosion of order; the grid blown up by forces of anarchy.  So it goes, despite such a minimalist approach Garcia Correa offers a range of possibilities with this work from a basic sensuality captured in the materials, colors and repeated effects to match up between structured patterns and its slightly (or not) imprecise execution.

Fernando Garcia Correa, 7911879V1 & 7911879V2, 2007, acrylic and ink on paper, each: 46.5 x 31 in