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Email PageRyk Ekedal 2006
September 1, 2006- October 7, 2006
Reception: September 7, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Ryk Ekedal
George Billis Gallery
511 W 25th St Ryk Ekedal Untitled Drawing 06-Q (2006) |  Ryk Ekedal Untitled Drawing 06-29 (2006) |  Ryk Ekedal 06-45 (2006) |
 Ryk Ekedal Untitled Drawing 06-32 (2006) |
Ryk Ekedal¹s current exhibition elaborates upon his ongoing series of ³Water Paintings² and expands in a new direction. The ³Water Paintings,² a series initiated in 1999, are intended as evocations of the fluid qualities of water as seen in nature. His current show contains several oil on panel ³Water Paintings,² but focusses on his more recent drawings.
Regarding his new drawings, Ekedal states, ³The new, untitled drawings on sheets of Yupo (off-white sheets of polypropylene plastic Œpaper¹) are related to, but distinctly different from, the ŒWater Paintings¹. Like the ŒWater Paintings,¹ suggestions of the topography of water-in-motion are evident. However, the new drawings are less dependent on the references to nature that inform the earlier paintings-- here the focus is on the Œfluid mechanics¹ of the paint itself. In a sense, they are studies or études. Each drawing is painted in several layers of transparent acrylic color and gel medium. Because of the extreme smoothness of the plastic paper, every mark, ripple, line, or coagulation of the paint is visible, unaltered by the Œtooth¹, or surface texture of a conventional paper. The configurations that result vary according to how the paint is applied. Some works are drawn in rows or registers across the page and might suggest geologic concretions or glimpses of microorganisms, while others resemble wave patterns or disturbed pools of water or other fluids. However, the drawings have a strong sense of being Œspecific¹ without being descriptive of particular things or objects. Occasionally, small amounts of metallic or mica-based paints are added to the mixture, which allows a Œkinetic¹ response to occur: The tone-color of the image gradually shifts as the viewer moves from side-to-side.²
Ryk Ekedal received his MFA from Yale University in 1980. His work may be found in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco. This is the artist¹s second solo exhibition at the George Billis Gallery.
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