UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Alfred Neumayr: Mythical Creatures

January 19 – March 9, 2019

OPENING RECEPTION & WINTER PARTY
(dedicated to the life and work of Phyllis Kind)
SATURDAY, January 19, 6:30 pm – 9 pm

Neumayr was born in Tulln (Lower Austria) in 1958. He works primarily with india ink or pencil—which he applies and scratches out, thins down or mixes. His modus operandi is reminiscent of surrealist automatism: starting at a random point and letting his hand glide without restraint until the innumerable lines reveal a theme that he then elaborates on. The resulting images resemble geographical formations, photos from outer space, fantasy worlds or mythical creatures. Minute details appear as figures or faces; the various thicknesses of his pen strokes and the rhythmic structures into which they are linked make his pictures come alive. Neumayr’s diffuse representations leave ample room for association and interpretation: waves seen from a bird’s eye perspective, animal hoards or battle scenes may reveal themselves to the viewer.

OUTSIDER ART FAIR NEW YORK 2019

January 17 – 20 | BOOTH 11

For the upcoming Outsider Art Fair, Ricco/Maresca Gallery will present a collaborative booth with Austria’s Galerie Gugging, which will continue to build upon our ongoing relationship; a symbolic convergence of American Outsider Art and European Art Brut. Galerie Gugging will present a one-person exhibition of the work of Heinrich Reisenbauer (b.1938), known for his paintings and works on paper depicting simple motifs in rhythmic patterns. Ricco/Maresca Gallery will present a selection of material by classic and contemporary Outsider and Self-Taught artists William Edmonson (ca. 1874-1951), Henry Darger (1892-1973), Martín Ramírez (1895-1963), William Hawkins (1895-1990), Hiroyuki Doi (b. 1946), Leopold Strobl (b. 1960), George Widener (b. 1962), Gil Batle (b. 1962), Hassan (?), and an upcoming surprise.

BOOK SIGNING

With Leslie Umberger, curator and author of “BETWEEN WORLDS: THE ART OF BILL TRAYLOR”

January 19, 2019 | 6:30pm – 9pm

Taking place at our winter party
Open to the public 

“Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor” opened on September 28 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C. and will be on view through March 17, 2019.

November 29, 2018 – January 5, 2019

“After” is an exhibition of recent photo-based works by contemporary artist Gerald Slota, curated by W.M. Hunt, former director of photography at the gallery. Slota describes the body of work presented in “After” as minimal and quiet. In the search for this new vocabulary, he seems to have opened a door spiritually and visually; seeing and searching out color in previously unexplored ways. Slota’s process of constructing images by building up and taking away finds balance in the inclusion of figurative elements, such as door hooks and lawn ornaments located in fields of color, which are then marked with unsettling fragmentations or interventions of lines and borders that the artist draws or lays in.

Ken Grimes has been selected for a one-person exhibition in a six-part yearly series titled “Field Station” at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan State University. Curated by Steven L. Bridges (December 8, 2018 – February 3, 2019).
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