Robert Hardgrave // Blue Blues Slower Than My Heartbeat

Robert Hardgrave // Blue Blues Slower Than My Heartbeat

Robert Hardgrave // Blue Blues Slower Than My Heartbeat July 8-August 31, 2016 Gallery 16 is pleased to announce it’s first solo exhibition with Seattle based artist Robert Hardgrave. For the past decade, Hardgrave has made a significant contribution to visual arts in the Pacific Northwest. Hardgrave has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, New York, and Hamburg. Locally, Robert’s his work is part of the permanent collection of Microsoft, Starbucks and the Seattle Art Museum.

“I am constantly in search of ideas that can be pushed in multiple directions and still push back.

I want to be challenged in such a way that the evolution of ideas flows, keeping me excited to stay in the studio day after day.

I change media regularly and process each to a point where I feel proficient. This helps ideas feel fresh and uncharted. Each new material requires unique allowances; I want materials to guide the work toward what it is going to be, while maintaining a consistent language across media. I believe that by allowing only a few variables to exist the materials are forced to reveal their nuances.”

The strength Hardgrave’s work is in it’s inventive use of material and it’s improvisional spontaneity. Robert’s latest works involve toner transfer printing, notions of flatness, layering, and the limitless potential of copying and repetition.

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Blues Blues, Slower Than My Heartbeat, 2016, Acrylic toner transfer and paint on paper, 72 x 72

Bull with Tabletop, 2016, Gouache over acrylic toner transfer, 24 x 24

Ceylon, 2016, Gouache over acrylic toner transfer, 24 x 24

Basel Blue, 2016, Gouache over acrylic toner transfer on panel, 24 x 24 inches

Bourgeoisie, 2014, Acrylic toner transfer on yupo, 35 x 23 inches

Boa, 2014, Acrylic toner transfer on canvas over panel - 20 x 16 inches

Carols and Nips, 2015, Acrylic toner transfer on canvas

Bush King, 2016, Gouache over acrylic toner transfer, 24 x 24

Headshop, 2016, Acrylic toner transfer and paint on paper, 49 x 37.5

Spanish Fumes - 2016 - 38" x 21" - Flashe and acrylic toner transfer on paper

Light Way Down, 2015 acrylic on Curly Maple 26” x 21” x 1.5”

Untitled, 2015 acrylic on Walnut 30” x 26” x 2”

Lichen, 2016, Gouache over acrylic toner transfer, 24 x 24

Washington , 2016, Gouache over acrylic toner transfer on panel, 24 x 24

Shrine of the Battlecry, 2016, Gouache over acrylic toner transfer on canvas over panel, 18 x 48

Jamon - 2016 - 22.5" x 20.5" - Acrylic toner transfer and paint on paper

Country Quintet - 2016 -35" x 23" - Acrylic toner transfer and paint on Yupo

Train Trestle - 2014 - 27” x 21” - Acrylic toner transfer and paint on yupo

Mizzenmast - 2016 - 37" x 25" - Acrylic toner transfer and paint on paper

Buoy - 2016 - 33" x 27" - Acrylic toner transfer and paint on Yupo

Robert Hardgrave’s artwork is available through Gallery 16 Gallery 16 is located at 501 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 Inquiries may contact Griff Williams at 415-626-7495 All images ŠRobert Hardgrave gallery16.com

Gallery 16 was founded by artist Griff Williams in 1994. Since then, Gallery 16 and its fine art imprint Gallery 16 Editions has produced exhibitions with over 250 artists and published over 800 prints, artist books, and multiples with artists including Michelle Grabner, Ari Marcopoulos, Jim Goldberg, Colter Jacobsen, Bill Berkson, Harrell Fletcher, Lynn Hershman, Amy Franceschini, William Kentridge, Tucker Nichols, Libby Black, Deborah Oropallo, Jim Isermann, Graham Gillmore, Mark Grotjahn, Rebeca Bollinger, Rex Ray, and Margaret Kilgallen.