Vista Novus
April 18 - March 22, 2008
Louise LeBourgeois, intimate paintings on panel
Exhibition continues through May 30, 2008
Brian Ritchard, shaped paintings
Chaz Krstich, digital video compositions
Curtis Phillips, encaustic paintings
Steven Carrelli, egg tempera paintings
Ron Clayton, constructed paintings
Addington Gallery is proud to present “Vista Novus”, a group exhibition featuring 6 artists who, through their various chosen media, explore ideas about place and perception. |
Louise LeBourgeois, oil on panel
Brian Ritchard, oil on shaped panel
Chaz Krstich, digital video
(above: screen capture from digital video)
Curtis Phillips, encaustic painting on panel
Steven Carrelli, egg tempera painting on wood panel
Ronald Clayton, oil on shaped panel
The personal fictions present in the works of Ronald Clayton are both inspiring and challenging. Dualities are at play throughout the work: depth of space and articulated surface, the geometric and the organic, culture and nature, the familiar and the new. Clayton's two lynchpins are the biographical narrative of our experience with particular landscapes, and the imagined architectural ruins he places within them. In turn, we the viewers are placed in these ruins. We find ourselves admiring the work of the hands that created these mysterious structures, all the while longing to experience the untouched vision of nature just beyond our grasp. What a powerful metaphoric image of our ongoing search for a place in this world.
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