David Kapp “Collages”
Tibor de Nagy Gallery
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The gallery is pleased to present the first exhibition of the artist’s collages. Collage-making has been part of the artist’s practice, using them as studies or drawings for paintings, for forty years. The new body of work represents for the first time a series of large collages he made over the last year. The artist has explored for years New York City subjects including vehicular traffic and street crowds on sidewalks and at crosswalks. It will also include a series of cyclists seen from above, from the artist’s studio window on Canal Street.
Kapp’s focus on making collages on a larger scale (44” x 30” the largest) has suggested new graphic and compositional possibilities for both his collages and paintings. He uses either collage material that already existed, or he paints the paper himself. They are mostly saturated colors, various blues and reds. The simplified shapes capture both the buildings and the deep shadows and chasms between them. The use of simplified shapes creates negative spaces and the resulting image veers toward abstraction.
[Image: David Kapp “Vertical Crowd on Silver Ground” (2013) acrylic, gouache, watercolor, ink and collage on paper, 44 x 30.5 in.]
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Schedule
from November 30, 2013 to January 11, 2014
Opening Reception on 2013-12-12 from 17:00 to 19:00