Landon Metz's abstract paintings reflect the artist's deliberate and meditative attention that
endures throughout each phase of the artist's process. From stretching canvas to selecting his
specific palette to the actual application of paint and subsequent creation of form the end
result of such intense concentration is an energy that seemingly reverberates from Metz's work.
Curving forms of mesmerizing color on individual canvasses are often exhibited as diptychs and
triptychs or serially installed next to one another in installations to form a larger dialogue
creating pattern and rhythm. Metz's artworks communicate a contemporary voice engaging directly
with the larger dialogue of abstraction's expansive history. The forms and repetition found in
nature are often sources of inspiration for Metz the artist being from Arizona where rock
formations shaped over thousands of years are direct examples of the relationship between time
material and form. This book brings together numerous examples of this young tour de force's
elegant oeuvre while exemplifying the ways in which such a spirit of studied precision and
deliberation holds enduring value in a world that seems to move faster with each passing day.
LANDON METZ (*1985 Phoenix Arizona) has had solo exhibitions in Norway Italy Denmark and
Canada. He was the artist in residence at the ADN Collection in Bolzano Italy in 2014. Metz
was the subject of a solo exhibition at Museo Pietro Canonica in Rome in 2018. Metz lives and
works in Brooklyn New York.
