By now, most of us have read Harry Potter. And there are differences between that parallel world and those of yore. Namely, in the ’60s, the parallel world was real, created through individual skill and grace. It was J. D. Salinger’s Upper West Side; or it was on the roads and streets of Kerouac and Ginsberg, the address of people with greater reserves of appetite and heedlessness. Readers could enter if they learned the skills, took the leap. But there’s no way to become a wizard. Dan Mason’s paintings present a parallel world, too, but it’s one that’s findable somewhere on this globe. His blocky cities and landscapes shimmer in colors that can be sought, through travel or the pharmacopoeia, in real time. 530 N. Third St., B10, Minneapolis; 612-338-3656; www.thomasbarry.com
Daniel Mason: New Paintings
by
Tags:
Leave a Reply Cancel reply