Visual artist Ryan McCann presents Participating in the Illusion, a solo exhibition with new paintings that skew reality, questioning what our brain interprets as being real. The opening reception will be held at contemporary art house, 2426 SET on Saturday, October 7 from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. In continuation of his practice of altering and manipulating objects, specifically wood, McCann finds another approach to transform the way we see things. The reality McCann creates is full of dimension and life. He developed a technique using acrylic paint to imply glass of different clarities. He maximizes the effect by placing objects outside of that glass, contrasting diffusion with crisp and dense lines of oil paint. His use of forced perspective and optical illusion has you believing and questioning what is actually there. Suggestion that everything in your reality may in fact be an illusion.
