Void Paintings
Joe Gilmore

26.11.25-24.12.25

In this series of mixed media works, Joe Gilmore constructs a compelling dialogue between order and disruption, merging the visual languages of architecture, design, and abstraction. Each composition begins with photographs of institutional interiors, mechanical infrastructures, and exhibition spaces, which are then interrupted by bold applications of paint — not with traditional brushstrokes, but through a pressing or imprinting technique that adds both texture and tension.

Every piece becomes a visual confrontation: gridlines collide with gesture, static, rational spaces are invaded by visceral color, and the clean order of documentation is destabilized. The numbers printed beneath each image — “78,” “22,” “46” — suggest archival systems or cataloguing methods, which are then visually overthrown by the imposition of the paint. It’s a meditation on how we document, organize, and remember within systems that strive for clarity, but oftenobscure complexity.

Gilmore’s method is both analytical and poetic. He isolates fragments of artistic or institutional imagery and overlays them with physical layers of paint, applied in a way that feels more like pressure than painting. These forms act not as decoration, but as interruptions — like dominant Photoshop layers or glitches — reclaiming space for human emotion and unpredictability within architectures built for control.

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