Farrell Brickhouse Exhibition

David & Schweitzer Contemporary

[Image: Farrell Brickhouse “Unattended” (2018) oil, glitter on canvas, 14 x 11 in.]

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Concurrent to the exhibition of Dickson’s paintings in our main space, our Project Room we will feature a selection of paintings by Farrell Brickhouse in advance of his one-person exhibition at DAVID&SCHWEITZER Contemporary. Brickhouse can articulate a painted figure in space through a single gesture and stroke, all the while creating a deeply personal narrative using archetypes and myths ranging from the pre-historical, to personal memories, to UFO related imagery. He has been an instructor of painting at The School of Visual Arts since 1980 and guest lecturer at many BFA and MFA programs across the country.

Brickhouse is brilliant, sweet, and generous of spirit and deed, as are his paintings. I have often referred to him as the “Saint Francis of Staten Island,” as he feeds birds and squirrels peanut butter in the dead of winter in the snow. His beautiful and intimate work creates a place of shared humanity that touches the soul. As is the case with all true artists, there is no difference between who he is and what he paints.

Farrell Brickhouse was born in New York City in 1949 and attended Queens College of the City University of New York. In 1971 he spent a summer at Skowhegan School. Brickhouse’s first NYC one-person exhibition was in 1978 with the pioneering gallerist Julian Pretto, followed by two solo exhibitions with Max Protetch Gallery and then 4 one-person exhibitions with the Pamela Auchincloss Gallery in NYC. Recently Brickhouse has had solo exhibitions with John Davis Gallery in Hudson, NY, Fred Giampietro Gallery in New Haven, CT, and Life on Mars Gallery in Bushwick, NY and has most recently participated in group exhibitions at Edward Thorp Gallery and DAVID&SCHWEITZER Contemporary