Neil Gall “Cut-Outs, Offcuts and Holes”

David Nolan Gallery

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[Image: © Neil Gall "Allegory (Bronzino)" (2014) Oil on linen, 29.92 x 24.41 in.]

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David Nolan Gallery presents Cut-Outs, Offcuts and Holes, an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by British artist, Neil Gall. For his third solo exhibition at the gallery, we will present eleven paintings and four large works on paper.

Gall’s works typically engage a range of cultural and art historical references, all of which operate within his own unique and precisely determined visual language. In recent years, the artist has developed a highly skillful and virtuosic approach to painting and drawing, which involves a precise rendering of loosely constructed maquettes, assembled using colored tape, translucent cellophane, Ping-pong balls and other materials that he finds in his studio. Gall uses the motif of the Ping-pong ball to suggest a variety of associations: in some cases they are treated like eyes, brazenly staring back at the viewer - in others, they become subtle references to Magritte, whose paintings employed similar spherical forms hovering ambiguously in space. In their coloring, Gall’s new paintings collectively reference the histories of Monochrome painting, most notably Barnett Newman’s seminal series “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue”.

Neil Gall was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and currently lives and works in London. He received his BA in Painting at Gray’s School of Art and then attended Slade School of Art in London in 1991. His art has garnered him numerous awards in Great Britain, and his work is featured in prominent international collections including the Denver Art Museum, The Morgan Library, New York and the Zabludowicz Collection, London.

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Schedule

from April 30, 2015 to June 13, 2015

Opening Reception on 2015-04-30 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Neil Gall

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