Jeff Gauntt and David Humphrey
January 27, 2006- February 25, 2006
Reception: January 27, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
530 W 22nd St
A 2-person exhibition by
Jeff Gauntt and
David Humphrey. The exhibition will feature new wall works by Gauntt along with painting and drawings. Humphrey's will present new paintings and works on paper.
Through its subject matter and color, Gauntt's work suggests a storybook style, albeit a mysterious one precluding straightforward narrative interpretation. Everyday objects (a shoe, a tree) have a happy dream-like quality that is suffused with somberness, sometimes coexisting with a more melancholy mood.
For Humphrey, in seeming opposition to what has been called the ‘thrift store social realism' of his visual vocabulary, he relishes in the processes of painting itself, creating lush, abstract backgrounds in postcard-like landscapes. Referencing everything from amateur painting (often by Dwight Eisenhower) to pin-ups, Humphrey uses vernacular imagery and modernist painting as tools for pictoral experimentation.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show| Location | | | Gallery | Sikkema, Jenkins & Co | | Address | 530 W 22nd St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10011 United States | | Phone | 212-929-2262 | | Fax | 212-929-2340 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 10-6 | |
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