Office Baroque is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition of Sadie Laska.
Sadie Laska’s paintings are lyrical and messy American abstractions. Congested scribbles, exclamations, and quick figuration form vertical landscapes on colored grounds. Whether depicting a rock and roll cliche, or veering more closely to that of an abstract bouquet, the paintings are trashy and fun, sincere in their irreverence.
Painted guitar shapes act as the body in relation to the abstract still lifes and landscapes. The guitar is the tool, an axe that carves the mark, and serves as a reminder that all painters want to play in a band.
Office Baroque (press release)
![installation view Sadie Laska: Rock Solid Office Baroque, Brussels, 2016](http://artresearchmap.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Office-Baroque-Sadie-Laska_001-1024x439.jpg)
Office Baroque, Brussels, 2016
![SADIE LASKA 'YTBT', 2016 oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 177,8 x 137,2 cm (70 × 54 inches). Courtesy of Office Baroque](http://artresearchmap.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Office-Baroque-Sadie-Laska_014-683x1024.jpg)
oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 177,8 x 137,2 cm (70 × 54 inches). Courtesy of Office Baroque
![installation view Sadie Laska: Rock Solid Office Baroque, Brussels, 2016](http://artresearchmap.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Office-Baroque-Sadie-Laska_003-1024x683.jpg)
Office Baroque, Brussels, 2016
![Sadie Laska Untitled, 2016 Oil and acrylic on canvas 182,9 × 152,4 cm](http://artresearchmap.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Office-Baroque-Sadie-Laska_011-683x1024.jpg)
Untitled, 2016
Oil and acrylic on canvas
182,9 × 152,4 cm
![Sadie Laska Surrender, 2016 PVC on corrugated aluminium in two parts 226,1 × 66 × 4,5 cm. Courtesy of Office Baroque](http://artresearchmap.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Office-Baroque-Sadie-Laska_013-683x1024.jpg)
Surrender, 2016
PVC on corrugated aluminium in two parts
226,1 × 66 × 4,5 cm. Courtesy of Office Baroque
![installation view Sadie Laska: Rock Solid Office Baroque, Brussels, 2016](http://artresearchmap.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Office-Baroque-Sadie-Laska_007-1024x682.jpg)
Office Baroque, Brussels, 2016
![Sadie Laska The Sublime, 2016 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas 177,8 × 137,2 cm](http://artresearchmap.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Office-Baroque-Sadie-Laska_009-683x1024.jpg)
The Sublime, 2016
Oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
177,8 × 137,2 cm. Courtesy of Office Baroque.
![Installation view Sadie Laska: Rock Solid Office Baroque, Brussels, 2016](http://artresearchmap.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Office-Baroque-Sadie-Laska_008-1024x682.jpg)
Office Baroque, Brussels, 2016