Daniel Rich's solo show "Platforms of Power" will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from September 29, 2012 - March 31, 2013.
 
Remembered by SMFA faculty and staff as a particularly disciplined student, Rich has spent a decade investigating the link between architecture, nationalism, and political power. His labor-intensive and complicated system of hand-cutting stencils, color mixing, masking, and using a squeegee create incredibly smooth surfaces on his painstakingly precise acrylic paintings. Small areas of brushwork revealing the artist's hand and hard-edged areas of rich, flat color in a stylized palette combine to depict real-life structures and servers that symbolize the international race for global domination.
 
Born in Ulm, Germany, Rich received an MFA from The SMFA in 2004. He has exhibited his work at Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, Peter Blum Gallery, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, and Horton Gallery in NYC, He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. 


Thursday, September 27, 12:30 PM
Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Image: Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, 2012, Acrylic on Dibond, 79.5 x 57 inches