Morris Graves "Falcon of the Inner Eye: A Centennial Celebration"
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
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This retrospective exhibition marking the centennial of the artist’s birthday examines a career that spanned five decades. Approximately thirty works, including three sculptures from his rarely exhibited "Instruments for a New Navigation" series, will be on view. Graves lived a life of personal exploration in harmony with nature, and he is known for quiet, haunting images on paper that immortalize the essence of the creatures that inspired him. Empathetic to such subjects as a plover flying through the mist, a snake holding its prey in the moonlight, surf birds cradled in the sea, or a raccoon safely curled up in hibernation for the winter, Graves revealed the mysteries of nature as if he himself were the subject. This communion with the natural world and its eloquent expression through gouache and watercolor was further inspired and influenced by Buddhism, particularly Zen, as well as the arts of East Asia and India.
[Image: Morris Graves "Falcon of the Inner Eye" (1941) tempera on paper, 19.5 x 35 in.]
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from September 08, 2010 to October 30, 2010