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Mark Joshua Epstein — Rescue Us From Level Headedness
Mark Joshua Epstein — Rescue Us From Level Headedness
Mark Joshua Epstein — Rescue Us From Level Headedness
Mark Joshua Epstein

Rescue Us From Level Headedness

2022

Rescue Us From Level Headedness presents a charged pictorial field in which Mark Joshua Epstein's signature interplay of raw gesture and structural tension reaches a particular intensity. Executed in acrylic on a hand-fabricated resin and fiberglass panel, the work carries a notable physical presence, its five-centimeter depth pushing the piece off the wall and into the space of the viewer, complicating the conventional boundary between painting and object. Epstein's choice to build his own support is not incidental. The panel becomes part of the work's meaning, a deliberate act of grounding an expressive, almost unruly painted surface within a rigorously constructed material foundation. The title itself signals the artist's sustained interest in productive contradiction. "Level headedness," typically coded as virtue, is here something to be escaped, even rescued from, suggesting that the painting operates as a site where emotional and psychic excess is not only permitted but necessary. Epstein works within a lineage of painters who have treated figuration and abstraction as permeable rather than opposing categories, and this work reflects that sensibility with confidence. Brushwork ranges from dense impastoed passages to thinly dragged marks, creating a surface that rewards close looking while maintaining its overall compositional authority. Signed by the artist and offered through Asya Geisberg Gallery, this 2022 work represents Epstein at a mature and assured moment in his practice. For collectors drawn to painting that carries genuine conceptual weight without sacrificing visceral appeal, Rescue Us From Level Headedness is a compelling and considered acquisition.

Medium
Acrylic on artist made resin/fiberglass panel
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY

For Sale — $8000

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Mark Joshua Epstein, Rescue Us From Level Headedness, 2022

Rescue Us From Level Headedness presents a charged pictorial field in which Mark Joshua Epstein's signature interplay of raw gesture and structural tension reaches a particular intensity. Executed in acrylic on a hand-fabricated resin and fiberglass panel, the work carries a notable physical presence, its five-centimeter depth pushing the piece off the wall and into the space of the viewer, complicating the conventional boundary between painting and object. Epstein's choice to build his own support is not incidental. The panel becomes part of the work's meaning, a deliberate act of grounding an expressive, almost unruly painted surface within a rigorously constructed material foundation. The title itself signals the artist's sustained interest in productive contradiction. "Level headedness," typically coded as virtue, is here something to be escaped, even rescued from, suggesting that the painting operates as a site where emotional and psychic excess is not only permitted but necessary. Epstein works within a lineage of painters who have treated figuration and abstraction as permeable rather than opposing categories, and this work reflects that sensibility with confidence. Brushwork ranges from dense impastoed passages to thinly dragged marks, creating a surface that rewards close looking while maintaining its overall compositional authority. Signed by the artist and offered through Asya Geisberg Gallery, this 2022 work represents Epstein at a mature and assured moment in his practice. For collectors drawn to painting that carries genuine conceptual weight without sacrificing visceral appeal, Rescue Us From Level Headedness is a compelling and considered acquisition.

Medium
Acrylic on artist made resin/fiberglass panel
Dimensions
overall: 88.9 x 71.1 x 5.1 cm
Year
2022
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY

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