KYLE YOUNG at Art Palace by Todd Camplin

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KYLE YOUNG
at Art Palace until April 7th
by Todd Camplin

Art Palace is pretty much the most fearless gallery in Houston. I sometime scratch my head
at shows and wonder what the hell I am seeing in front of me. I keep going back for more,
because Art Palace always challenges me to stretch my aesthetic muscles. Their current
showing of Kyle Young may seem like a safe minimalist bet, but his years breaking from
art production makes him risky to show for many galleries.

Kyle Young’s mono prints are cut and collaged together to make minimal broken geometric
shapes. His colors are rich and clean. I am reminded of the paintings by Cecil Touchon. The
shapes are broken in similar fashion in some of the works. Young, however, is focused on the
pure geometry where Touchon is using text as a source of his collages. I think Young’s collage
helps to give the simple shapes a little more interesting element. Minimalism is a well traveled
road for many artists since the fifties, so when Young breaks the shapes into small rectangles
and reshuffles them, I feel he is taking a somewhat fresh approach to this style of art.

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Of course, not all the work comes in easy packages of rectangles. “I Came with No Opinions”
looks more like the shaped canvas paintings of Frank Stella, but Young is unrestricted by the
canvas. His collage can float away from a full structure. This engaging collage is unrestrained
by the rectangle format. Kyle Young’s show titled “Push Play,” runs through April 7th at the
Art Palace | 3913 Main Street |Houston, TX 77002 | 281.501.2964

In Search of Human Contact - 2012
monotype collage
32” x 20”

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by Todd Camplin

Kyle Young’s return to the studio makes every artist that has to make a living and has to slow
or stop their production of art feel extremely hopeful. For many coming right out of grad school,
the harsh reality of little change for a living wage hits most artists hard. I have known artists that
take as many adjunct jobs as possible to keep their heads above water. When I ask how their
art is going, they respond, “when do I have time to work?” Other very talented artists jump into
the art moving industry. This is a very time consuming adventure, because generally these are
small operations and to run a business is nearly all consuming. Making art is always in the back
of every serious artists mind, no matter the distraction. The drive, the passion can never be fully
extinguished and Kyle Young proves the rule that when artistic expression screams at you to
create; you must answer the call at some point.

Dialogue-- Red & Orange - 2012
acrylic on panels
40” x 121 1/4”

Infinite Reduction Series - 2012
monotypes
72” x 110”

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