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February 9, 2006- March 11, 2006
Colin Brown
Fischbach Gallery
210 11th Ave Colin Brown Downtown (2006) |
In childhood Brown observed the New York City skyline from his parents 23rd floor apartment. Finding New York City at night a mesmerizing image, he recently photograohed from atop the Empire State Building. Combining the information from his photographs with his skills as an artist, Brown created Blackboards.
Brown first prepares a white undersurface on a panel, to which he then applies a pitch-black layer. This black layer is often nickel, carbon or charcoal. Working in a precisionist manner using a jeweler's tool, Brown skillfully removes small amounts of black revealing just the right amount of white to create the illusion of light emanting from city windows, steet lamps, and automobile headlights. Brown's incredibly detailed Blackboards at first appear to be night photographs, but upon closer instpection, one discovers the amazing hand of the artist.
Colin Brown's romantic and beautful images of New York capture the magic and vitality of the City. He brings the viewer his profound and contemplative senses of solitude of the city he calls home. "For all of my life I have lived as a sleep walker in a locked, darkened and private world of inventions and dreams. This medium of carbon and cut plaster that I have recently invented is unexpectedly unlocking that fading world for which I am very grateful and amazed."
Colin Brown was born in Ithaca, N. Y. in 1965. He received his M.A. from NYU's program in Painting in Venice, Italy. He has also attended the State University of New York at Purchase where he received his B.F.A.
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