Barrymore A. Moton Art 281 .Jason Judd instructor. Building Space the Objects of Adam G. Perchbacher. "A Discordant Rhythm" (2016) by Adam G. Perchbacher 5'x4.5' acrylic on wood painting. Viewed at the Contemporary Art Center Peoria, Illinois 5 October 2016.

Fig 1.1 "A Discordant Rhythm,"

Adam Perchbacher painting "A Discordant Rhythm,"  is a piece that mounts on the wall and is raised approx, 4 to 6 inches in various areas from the surface of the wall. Adam views himself as a graphic designer by profession. His efforts in this minimalist geometrical piece were not in vain. This painting can currently be viewed at the Contemporary Art Center on Water St. in Peoria, Il.  

Perchbacher’s painting implemented the use of local colors trimmed in white to create a border that carries the eyes threw each shape as if they were penetrating the boundaries in an attempt to assist each other to maintain its pictorial balance. Much of what he has created in this piece gives indication of a geometrical abstract thought process. The piece is entitled "A Discordant Rhythm," When looking at this painting from a frontal perspective you could see how he has placed a series of triangles in the form of what looks like dominoes knocking into one another in a inharmonious fashion. Hence, the term discordant.  The painting looks very liner upon sight but as you begin to walk closer to it you will find that it has a rather aesthetic three dimensional quality. As you view the triangular shapes and how they are arranged the Giza Pyramids come to mind.

The pyramid is usually a symbol of a structure with a solid foundation that is perfectly balanced and can withstand the most aggressive of times;  However, in this piece each triangle is very dependent upon one another to maintain its rhythmic structural balance. they seems to rely on the mother triangle (the black shape on the left) to hold everything up or to keep things together. Upon walking to the sides of this painting I noticed how each triangle varied in height but was in geometrical unison with each structure to give a precise architectural framework to it.

Perchbacher has several other painting of this magnitude in this exhibition but I believe that it was the triangles or what I perceived as pyramids that captured my attention. They served as a metaphor for how the Giza Pyramids have managed to stay in existence and maintain its spiritual balance with the universe for thousands of years in spite of being exploited, vandalized and it significance virtually forgotten by a greater portion of today's materialistic environment.