Bruno David Gallery: Friday, 16 February 2018
GARY PASSANISE Twenty-Seven Nights
DAMON FREED The Correspondence of Color
BEN BROUGH Femmes Fatales
PATRICIA CLARK A Matter of Circumstances
February 16 – April 6, 2018
Opening Reception & Meet the Artists: Friday, February 16, 2018, from 6 to 8 pm
Bruno David Gallery continues its 12th season with four new solo exhibitions. Gary Passanise presents a new series of small works produced in the last ten years. Damon Freed presents recent paintings titled “The Correspondence of Color.” Ben Brough presents an exhibition of new paintings. Patricia Clark presents several new paintings.
Gary Passanise presents an exhibition titled “Twenty-Seven Nights” of small works produced in the last ten years. Gary Passanise continues to work fluidly in a wide range of mediums. The exhibit includes intimate scaled constructions, works on paper and proposals for large scale sculpture. The construct of the ellipse both in two-dimensional and three-dimensional work remains a constant in Passanise’s ever-evolving practice. Also included in this recent body of work are two limited edition prints created specifically for this exhibit.
Damon Freed presents a series of nonobjective abstract paintings titled “The Correspondence of Color.” Damon Freed works in a multitude of styles. Each style plays a role in his language to express color more fully. In this series the paintings began stylistically through systematic ideation. They were mathematically composed by using different proportions of mixing the paint and by way of a ruler to measure out the compositions. The visual spectrum he uses is blue, red, yellow, orange, green, and violet plus black and white; otherwise known as the primary and secondary spectrum. He also mixes tertiaries when needed. When beginning this series with pure color, he decided to paint in acrylic. The acrylics he uses are the most saturated that he has ever used. This allows him to adjust the different areas of color to his liking with ease. He likes a clean appearance and clean edges, so it helps to tape off the areas to be painted. When utilizing paint that dries relatively quickly, one can move from one shape to the next with ease. At present he works with color to satisfy his desire to paint more fully with it and has been working on a book concerning this for three years now. The title of this book is The Correspondence of Color.
Ben Brough presents an exhibition of recent paintings titled “Femmes fatales.” In this new body of work Ben Brough explores the face of the femme fatale. Inspired by American film noir and folklore, these mysterious and dangerous femme fatales are often depicted as villains, using their seductive and enchanting nature to bring about the destruction of men. In these paintings Ben recreates their character, leaving to question whether there could be a soft and warming creature underneath or whether there is nothing beyond the dangerous and deadly charm. By depicting them on brightly painted canvases with the subtle use of collage, Ben captures these frozen moments of the femme fatale and arranges them into monument-like statues, paying homage to these powerful and mystic women. His work is a dialog of personal inspiration, observations and surrounding environments with a journalistic approach to image making
Patricia Clark presents an exhibition of recent paintings titled “A Matter of Circumstances”. This series of paintings and drawings done from 2015 to 2018 are metaphoric and figurative gestures of freeing oneself from the restrictions and burdens of the constant struggles African American women must face in their daily lives. The wrapped figures are a metaphor for events and circumstances in our lives that suppress and stop us from achieving our true potential. These obstacles can also be inner fears and doubts about our abilities to free ourselves from oppressive situations. We must continue to encourage one another to make positive changes in our lives and the lives of those around us.
NEW HOURS: Public Hours: Tuesday through Friday 11 am – 6 pm. Also open by appointment.
Bruno David Gallery
7513 Forsyth Boulevard
Clayton, MO 63105
314.696.2377
info@brunodavidgallery.com
brunodavidgallery.com
DAMON FREED The Correspondence of Color
BEN BROUGH Femmes Fatales
PATRICIA CLARK A Matter of Circumstances
February 16 – April 6, 2018
Opening Reception & Meet the Artists: Friday, February 16, 2018, from 6 to 8 pm
Bruno David Gallery continues its 12th season with four new solo exhibitions. Gary Passanise presents a new series of small works produced in the last ten years. Damon Freed presents recent paintings titled “The Correspondence of Color.” Ben Brough presents an exhibition of new paintings. Patricia Clark presents several new paintings.
Gary Passanise presents an exhibition titled “Twenty-Seven Nights” of small works produced in the last ten years. Gary Passanise continues to work fluidly in a wide range of mediums. The exhibit includes intimate scaled constructions, works on paper and proposals for large scale sculpture. The construct of the ellipse both in two-dimensional and three-dimensional work remains a constant in Passanise’s ever-evolving practice. Also included in this recent body of work are two limited edition prints created specifically for this exhibit.
Damon Freed presents a series of nonobjective abstract paintings titled “The Correspondence of Color.” Damon Freed works in a multitude of styles. Each style plays a role in his language to express color more fully. In this series the paintings began stylistically through systematic ideation. They were mathematically composed by using different proportions of mixing the paint and by way of a ruler to measure out the compositions. The visual spectrum he uses is blue, red, yellow, orange, green, and violet plus black and white; otherwise known as the primary and secondary spectrum. He also mixes tertiaries when needed. When beginning this series with pure color, he decided to paint in acrylic. The acrylics he uses are the most saturated that he has ever used. This allows him to adjust the different areas of color to his liking with ease. He likes a clean appearance and clean edges, so it helps to tape off the areas to be painted. When utilizing paint that dries relatively quickly, one can move from one shape to the next with ease. At present he works with color to satisfy his desire to paint more fully with it and has been working on a book concerning this for three years now. The title of this book is The Correspondence of Color.
Ben Brough presents an exhibition of recent paintings titled “Femmes fatales.” In this new body of work Ben Brough explores the face of the femme fatale. Inspired by American film noir and folklore, these mysterious and dangerous femme fatales are often depicted as villains, using their seductive and enchanting nature to bring about the destruction of men. In these paintings Ben recreates their character, leaving to question whether there could be a soft and warming creature underneath or whether there is nothing beyond the dangerous and deadly charm. By depicting them on brightly painted canvases with the subtle use of collage, Ben captures these frozen moments of the femme fatale and arranges them into monument-like statues, paying homage to these powerful and mystic women. His work is a dialog of personal inspiration, observations and surrounding environments with a journalistic approach to image making
Patricia Clark presents an exhibition of recent paintings titled “A Matter of Circumstances”. This series of paintings and drawings done from 2015 to 2018 are metaphoric and figurative gestures of freeing oneself from the restrictions and burdens of the constant struggles African American women must face in their daily lives. The wrapped figures are a metaphor for events and circumstances in our lives that suppress and stop us from achieving our true potential. These obstacles can also be inner fears and doubts about our abilities to free ourselves from oppressive situations. We must continue to encourage one another to make positive changes in our lives and the lives of those around us.
NEW HOURS: Public Hours: Tuesday through Friday 11 am – 6 pm. Also open by appointment.
Bruno David Gallery
7513 Forsyth Boulevard
Clayton, MO 63105
314.696.2377
info@brunodavidgallery.com
brunodavidgallery.com
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