Welcome to the family
Axis Gallery
“Jade Vine” by Justin Amrhein, graphite and watercolor on paper, 2014.
Art runs in the blood of the Amrhein family, because Axis Gallery member and curator of its October show Phil Amrhein enlisted not only his brother but also his son for Triad. The family is from Sacramento, but brother Joe Amrhein and son Justin Amhrein are practicing artists living in New York City now, the former also a longtime gallery owner.
The work from the three kin are distinct, but feel related, going from the enlarged, monochromatic crowded text of Joe’s pieces and zooming out to the tiny, crowded, blueprint-like, nearly monochromatic watercolors of Justin, and then zooming in to the macro level to the fuzzy, abstract, also nearly monochromatic paintings of Phil.
Attend the reception on Second Saturday, and you may just be joining a family reunion. Welcome to the family!
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