CURRENT EXHIBIT

Steve Greene - Connective Tissue

Monument HV is pleased to present Connective Tissue, a solo exhibition of paintings by Steve Greene. In this new body of work, Steve continues to explore the physicality of paint in line and color with abstract structures that recall maps, diagrams, the human body and the cosmos.

“My paintings are made up of abstract lines and shapes on a flat surface, but they depict the illusion of things in an artificial space - I just don’t always plan or know what those things are. Meandering heavy lines are interrupted by points and dots which function as abstract hubs or ports. They connect to each other and create an object space that adheres only to the internal logic of the painting, referring to things and states of being in the real world, but never illustrating a specific solid, liquid, gas, or consciousness. Fleeting time, the joys of love and nature, the insignificance of our tiny planet, and the wholeness that’s way too big - I am looking for the connective tissue that holds things together.”

- Steve Greene 2025

Steve Greene grew up in rural Arkansas and received his BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He has exhibited at FROSCH&CO, NY; The Drawing Center, NY; The Brooklyn Museum; Adam Baumgold Fine Art, NY and numerous other venues. His work has been reviewed in The Paris Review, Two Coats of Paint, and by J.J.Murphy. Steve lives and works in Collinsville, CT, and is represented by FROSCH&CO in NYC.

UPCOMING AT MONUMENT:

SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL 8/8

SHELF SHOW - OPEN CALL!

ABOUT:

Before MONUMENT re-opened in March, Rich began building a series of bookstands for the shop, a kind of functional art he dubbed N.M.T., or not much thought. Using found wood pieces from the scrap pile and whatever would hold them together, we wound up with a bunch of stands that get the job done and make us smile. A morning-pages style response to a need. We got hooked on these fun, useful works of art and the process, too...the materials shine, the art is put to use, and fewer of our scraps head to the landfill. 

We decided to translate this idea into...MONUMENT's very first OPEN CALL FOR ARTWORK ! 

Here's the prompt:

BUILD A SHELF AND PUT YOUR ART ON IT.

Here are the parameters:

-Shelves should be MAXIMUM 1 ft long and MAXIMUM 8 inches deep

-All work must be for sale with a 50/50 split between artist and gallery

Submission process:

-MONUMENT will accept submissions from 7/25 - 8/8

-Accepted submissions will be announced by 8/15

-Submissions MUST be sent to MONUMENTOPENCALL@GMAIL.COM 

-Submissions must include a visual rendering of your shelf & art (sketch, photo, digital, etc)

-Mounting instructions must be included & clear

-HAVE FUN

8/22 MIDNIGHT DENTAL + BACK PAIN