Sam Lacombe: 25 Years of Neon
Gormley Gallery – Notre Dame of Maryland University
On view: October 25 through November 19, 2021
Artist’s reception: Saturday, October 30, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
More information: gormleygallery.com
Sam Lacombe draws on urban architecture and commercial signage to explore light, pattern, geometry, and color, grounding his work in the formal world of design. 25 Years of Neon features paintings and gouaches of urban Americana graphic signage, which Lacombe transforms in poetic ways. Imbuing these mundane and ubiquitous subjects with dignity, he elevates their forms beyond their literal qualities to create self-contained, physical objects that are greater than the sum of their parts.