Bill Radawec Color Chip Installation Press

Statement

Press Release

February 14 - March 26, 2004

Berlitz Visual Art Center

Bill Radawec creates a delightful junction where language and color unite. In this group of paintings he

has combine color with poetry and deadpan humor. Each painting consist of two or more colors taken

from pre-manufactured house paint chips that are applied in flat blocks. Until recently, Radawec resided

in Los Angeles: it was there he saw beauty in magnificent array of paint chips displayed at hardware

stores and custom paint suppliers. Not only did the visual impact touch him, but the names of the colors

struck a chord and where his inspiration to make color combination that included titles as words plays the

chromes had names that were charming, silly, dramatic, pretentious and down right funny. Hues named,

"rhythm", "mediation", "Mayday" and "party hat" were perfect for Radawec's sensibilities. Included in this

exhibition are "Personal, Secret", 'Chateau, Champagne, Charlemagne", "Drivin, Rhythm", and "May

Day, May Day, May Day, May Day". The similarity between the 2" x 3" paint chips and minimalist and

conceptual paintings was not lost on Radawec. Again his wry sense of humor and irreverence make flat

bars parodies of modernist masterpieces by Ad Reinhardt, Ellsworth Kelly and early Brice Marden.