Gerald Davis "Nothing is Coming to Me"
Salon 94 Freemans
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"Nothing is Coming to Me," is an exhibition of new work by Gerald Davis. It is the artist’s third solo show with the gallery. The show is comprised of several monochromatic drawings and one painting triptych. In his deftly drawn, lushly colored scenes, Davis explores the libidinal underpinnings and pathos of everyday life. In the darkly lit, surreal realm of Davis’ imagination, teenage girls are vilified for years-old rejections, babies are imperiled by unnameable dangers, vindictive art dealers lambaste the artist, and the sexual urge is likened to a canine’s sense of smell– acute and animalistic.
Increasingly, Davis’s work is turning inward, hearkening back to both the doomed romanticism of the Pre-Raphaelites and chaotic expressionism of Munch. His world is governed by magical thinking, fantastical biology, and the shame brought on by past transgressions and an inability to connect. Nothing is Coming to Me is both an ironic and sincere explanation of the work; while much comes to the artist in his imagination, anxiety about the present and future emanates from the work.
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Schedule
from September 12, 2010 to October 09, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-09-12 from 17:00 to 19:00