OPEN HOUSE: "Paul Manes: Recent Paintings"

Sat Feb 27 2021 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Cris Worley Fine Arts | Dallas

Cris Worley Fine Arts
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OPEN HOUSE: "Paul Manes: Recent Paintings"
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OPEN HOUSE RESCHEDULED:
Saturday, February 27th, 12- 4pm
*Paul Manes will not be in attendance for the February 27th Open House, but we will hold a Meet & Greet with the artist in attendance on March 13th, from 12 - 4 pm.
No appointment is required; the gallery will allow up to 10 visitors in the space at a time.
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While Paul Manes is widely known for his representational imagery that stems from an influence in Western European art history, Recent Paintings reveals the artist’s pull toward abstraction. Over the course of four decades, Manes has punctuated his practice with frequent returns to abstraction. Featured in the exhibition are several new paintings, based initially on the cityscape. Through the painting process, the subject matter later becomes obfuscated by tonal hatch marks that conceal the original source, providing only a remnant of its origins, leaving the viewer to question what was once there.
WWII warplanes, landscapes, and raindrop paintings hang in contrast to the abstract paintings, creating a curious dialogue between the subject and the unknown, a visual contrast the artist finds compelling, but which also underscores a skill at handling both approaches with keen proficiency. Themes of life, death, power, and freedom pervade as Manes contemplates both his personal and social history.
Paul Manes was born in Austin, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas in 1983 and went on to study at Hunter College in New York City. His works have been exhibited in one-person exhibitions across Texas, California, and New York, as well as internationally throughout Italy, France, Monaco, and Germany. His work was included in the 2016 exhibition Painting After Postmodernism in Brussels, Belgium. Manes’ work can be found in the permanent collections of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Tucson Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont; and in the private collections of Yoko Ono and Emeril Lagasse. The artist currently lives and works in Carbondale, Colorado.
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Cris Worley Fine Arts, 1845 E Levee St # 110, Dallas, TX 75207, United States

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