Pairings: Paintings by Roy Fowler

TOPAZ ARTS Visual Arts Program presents

Pairings: Paintings by Roy Fowler

on view April 29 to May 28, 2023

closing reception: Sunday, May 28, 2-5pm
TOPAZ ARTS, 55-03 39th Avenue > directions

Viewing hours are Saturdays 12-4pm
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TOPAZ ARTS is pleased to present Pairings: Paintings by Roy Fowler – on view April 29 to May 28, 2023. There will be a closinng reception with the artist on Sunday, May 28th, 2-5pm. Free admission.

Pairings by Roy Fowler features a new series of paintings from 2021-2023 that reference the Coastal Range in Southern California. The surfaces of Fowler’s paintings echo the folding and faulting of the mountains; ridges and peaks of the terrain sparingly portrayed – in gray tones, painted on site in California, and in fluorescent colors, painted in his New York studio. Displayed side by side, the repetition reflects on experience and the passage of time. The installation at TOPAZ ARTS includes a large-scale painting from 1989, shown for the first time. As an avid trail runner, Fowler paints from the perspective of knowing the terrain and of being within these mountains – “I sometimes think about running while I’m painting, but mostly I’m just listening to the painting itself.” View studio visit by downloading TOPAZ ARTS’ digital guide on Bloomberg Connects >

About the Artist:
Roy Fowler is an artist living and working in New York City, where he moved after graduating from UCSB in 1976. His first group show was at the Queens Museum in 1979, and his first solo show in New York was at the Anne Plumb Gallery in 1985. His work is in public and private collections. Fowler has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, and from Artist’s Space. In addition to painting he makes ceramics and set designs for dance. www.royfowler.com

This exhibition is curated and organized by Todd B. Richmond and Paz Tanjuaquio. TOPAZ ARTS Visual Arts Program is made possible, in part, by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

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