The idea behind the creation of the Pbox eatery was quite simple: a place where you can relax and enjoy good food. A place inspired from New York’s delis, a meeting point where the visitor can enjoy delicious dishes anytime of the day.
Aaron David Smith is a sculptor and painter based in Los Angeles. His new work is best described as “the diagram of a sculpture”… to where he builds a sculpture, flattens it out, and mounts it on wood while maintaining it’s elements of texture, object, and material. A blueprint of sorts, architectural compositions displaying the layers, levels, and linear distinctions necessary to create three dimensional form.
At the popular spot Paul-Lincke-Ufer in Berlin-Kreuzberg should arise from two retail units, a restaurant and bar. Together with the operators looked for a concept that works both for use as a restaurant and a bar or club. Due to the limited budget was the focus on a few simple materials diverted from existing components.
In this new body of abstracts entitled “Manhattan Series,” Downs creates densely layered paintings that dance on the picture plane to openings that disclose colored layers underneath. His compositions display such a deep engagement with the formal and esthetic potential of paint on canvas that they do not fit easily within any recognizable category of contemporary art. The works brings one word to mind — energy, a sense of action.
