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The Electric Shed (Nashville, TN) was established in 2018 by artist David Onri Anderson. He continues to direct the gallery space and oversee programming. The current exhibition on view is Mashallah, Mashallah, Mashallah by Beizar Aradini and may be seen by appointment (masks required) through July 31, 2020. Interested parties may send a DM request to the gallery on Instagram @electricshedtn. Electric Shed, Gallery Visit, July 2020 Electric Shed, Gallery Visit, July 2020 (feat. "Mashallah, Mashallah, Mashallah" by Beizar Aradini) Electric Shed, Gallery Visit,...

"I explore the concept of landscape as medium, rather than subject. Depicting strange, desolate environments and sublime forces, my work references the abstracted, altered land of our world while shifting outwards towards a science fictional realm. Sculptural landscapes composed of industrial references, geological formations, and mutable material accumulate into form, while emanating an energy of transformation and process. Elemental models, miniatures, and depictions of alternative ground are found in the balance of presence and absence, creation and destruction, artificial and...

"For the past ten years I have been playing with how the eye filters what the mind perceives as spacial depth. I use slight temperature/tonal shifts, varying mark-making gestures, and different paint finishes that demonstrate Gestaltism in my practice. Gestaltism is a psychological theory postulating that the mind uses negative space, shape association, and tonal cues to dictate depth and meaning through vision. My goal with this present body of work is to experiment with what is necessary for...