Seth is a Philadelphia-based artist from West Virginia. Although he calls upon an eclectic lineage of painting traditions — Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Art Brut, and Graffiti — the core of his work explores the tension between intention and accident. His process draws from the visual irregularities of everyday visual media and transforms these unintended errors into a distinct mark-making vocabulary. Nostalgic overlays of color, blurring, and stuttering create surfaces that resemble the protective backing paper of a press after a long print run, where ghostly, accidental images fade in and out of smeared ink beneath thick, frenetic layers of paint. Blocking out space ultimately becomes a key in his process, structuring perception while keeping recognition just out of reach — the end result mirroring the malaise of contemporary life, its over-saturation, fragmentation, and restless uncertainty.
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