Miles McEnery Gallery, in collaboration with The Pacific Design Center Design Gallery, presents Wrapture, a survey of Jim Isermann’s vinyl decal and painting work from 1986 to present.

In Wrapture, vinyl decals cover the walls and stairs of the gallery, installed as immersive backgrounds for Isermann’s canvas and panel works. Creating a dialogue between the artwork and the building itself, the wallworks emphasize Isermann’s embrace of utopian idealism in its many aesthetic and functional forms, encompassing visitors as they explore the exhibition.

Focused on primary and secondary colors, the works reverberate off of each other with repeated mathematically-rendered pattern and line work—from Op art polygonal structures to flower motifs. Both the decal and painting works exemplify Isermann’s practice of bringing together “high” and “low” art styles, giving a fresh look at the decorative potential of geometric abstraction to reveal the symbiotic relationship between fine and functional art.

Reception:
celebrating the artist and Pride Week
Thursday May 30, 3 - 7:00pm

Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, from 10am to 6pm