Perennial Histories: New Paintings by Eric Dever

...Dever experiments with formal properties while mining his principal subject, perennial flora...Alternating marks, drips, and painted lines are applied on a modernist scaffolding. Colors are juxtaposed, energizing each square canvas..."

(PRWEB) March 12, 2005 -- In his recent work, including the 12 oil paintings in this show, Eric Dever experiments with formal properties while mining his principal subject, perennial flora commonly found in the Northeast and on the East End of Long Island where the artist lives and works.

Alternating marks, drips, and painted lines are applied on a modernist scaffolding of horizontal bands, creating a nonhierarchical and overall composition. Analogous and complementary colors are juxtaposed, energizing each square canvas, revealing layered histories and subtle surfaces. Tracey Bashkoff, associate curator of the Guggenheim Museum, likened Devers work to Ellsworth Kelleys early compositions. His paintings also recall the grids and spatial organization of the late Agnes Martin.

Dever is interested in techniques that embrace accident, degrees of liquidness, choosing painterly complexity and repetition, ultimately creating his own universe in paintings that are both taut and elegant.

Sara Nightingale Gallery established in 1998 specializes in emerging and mid-career artists with an emphasis on conceptual art. Mediums exhibited include painting, photography, video, digital media, sculpture and a variety of prints and works on paper.

March 19 - April 18, 2005

opening reception: Saturday, March 19, 5-7:00 pm

hours: 11-5:00 daily, or by appointment

688 Montauk Highway

PO Box 1061

Water Mill, NY 11976

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