NEW PAINTINGS BY CALEB REID MELBOURNE
1 - 4 MARCH 2017
PIERMARQ ART ADVISORY PTY LTD 76 PADDINGTON ST, PADDINGTON NSW 2021 AUSTRALIA T: +61 2 9660 7799 info@piermarq.com.au www.piermarq.com.au
NEW PAINTINGS BY CALEB REID 1 - 4 MARCH 2017
New Paintings by Caleb Reid is the artist’s first major solo exhibition in Melbourne, VIC. The exhibition explores the power of the human form to express complex emotions; love, hate, desire and rapture. His intimate images are suffused with glimpses from real relationships, experiences and musings on current affairs. This body of work is an attempt to capture humanity in its barest, unfiltered form. To reclaim it’s beauty and give a modern take on the human form, one of art’s oldest subjects that has shaped culture for centuries. New Paintings by Caleb Reid is a stimulating visual feast that confronts the viewer with it’s sensual imagery and sumptuous colour.
BIOGRAPHY
CALEB REID c.1988
Caleb Reid (b. 1988) is a Sydney based artist working primarily in painting. In 2013, Reid completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School, with a focus on drawing, ceramics and sculpture. Reid has held solo exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne, and has also been involved in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including Berlin, Germany. Caleb Reid’s recent work is characterised by an experimentation with process and the exploration of the relationship between creative and emotional forces. Asked about his process Reid expressed; “My process is playful, it’s emotive and immediate. I understand that if I set out a few paintings tomorrow, and then complete those paintings, they can never, ever be replicated. Even if I set out the same canvas the day after. They are capturing a very specific moment in time.” Recently, Caleb Reid participated in the group exhibition Scalene at Piermarq Gallery, which was the opening show of Piermarq’s new gallery space, and formed part of Art Month Sydney and Paddington Art at Night. The Weight of Cold Meat: New Paintings by Caleb Reid is the artist’s first solo show at Piermarq and presents a diverse body of work, unified by a process of play, chance and intuition. The exhibition opens on 10 November 2016 and will run until 26 November 2016.
Caleb Reid The switch-off (the assassination of a villain by the people), 2017 Acrylic, enamel & charcoal canvas 190 x 398cm
Caleb Reid Reclining nude in red, 2016 Acrylic, enamel & charcoal on canvas 179 x 204cm
Caleb Reid Colour sculpture II, 2017 Acrylic, enamel, charcoal, pastel & PVA on canvas 180 x 193cm
Caleb Reid Cheese dream vixen, 2017 Acrylic, enamel & charcoal on canvas 160 x 160cm
Caleb Reid Mental blocks, 2017 Acrylic, charcoal & PVA on canvas 160 x 160cm
Caleb Reid Foggy wakeup, 2017 Acrylic, enamel, charcoal & PVA on canvas 160 x 160cm
Caleb Reid Erotic figure study I, 2016 Acrylic, enamel, charcoal & PVA on canvas 160 x 150cm
Caleb Reid Erotic figure study II, 2016 Acrylic, enamel & charcoal on canvas 160 x 150cm
Caleb Reid Erotic figure study III, 2016 Acrylic, enamel, charcoal & PVA on canvas 160 x 150cm
Caleb Reid Pharmaceutical navigation, 2017 Acrylic, enamel, charcoal & PVA on canvas 160 x 150cm
Caleb Reid Partly present, 2017 Acrylic, enamel, charcoal & PVA canvas 160 x 150cm
Caleb Reid Well up, 2017 Acrylic, enamel & pastel on canvas 160 x 150cm
Caleb Reid Dark twist, 2016 Acrylic, enamel, charcoal & PVA canvas 150 x 145cm
Installation view: Well up, 2017 (left), The switch-o (the assassination of a villain by the people), 2017 (centre), Dark twist, 2016 (right)
Installation view: Dark twist, 2016 (left), Reclining nude in red, 2016 (centre), Colour sculpture II, 2017 (right)
Installation view from left to right: Foggy wakeup, 2017, Erotic figure study II , 2016, Erotic figure study III , 2016, Erotic figure study I, 2016, Partly present, 2017, Pharmaceutical navigation, 2017
ARTIST CV CALEB REID
EXHIBITIONS 2017 New Paintings by Caleb Reid, Johanssen Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo) 2017 New Paintings by Caleb Reid, Piermarq pop-up at Besser Space, Melbourne, VIC (solo) 2016 The Weight of Cold Meat: New Paintings by Caleb Reid, Piermarq Gallery, Paddington (solo) 2016 Scalene, Piermarq Gallery, Paddington NSW (group) 2015 Johanssen Gallery, Berlin, Germany (group) 2015 National Art School Graduate Exhibition 2014 An exhibition of paintings by Caleb Reid, N/A Gallery, Melbourne VIC (solo) 2014 Paintings, Beach Road, Sydney NSW (solo) 2013 A lonely hearts affair with a Zoloft patient, Opening Hours Gallery, Sydney NSW (solo) 2012 Paintings, Studio W, Woolloomooloo, Sydney NSW (solo) COMMISSIONS 2016 2013 2013 2013 2012 2011
Three Blue Ducks, Rosebery, Sydney NSW Bronte Public School, Bronte, Sydney NSW Iggy’s Bread, Bronte, Sydney NSW Private Commission, Albury NSW The Gully by Three Blue Ducks, Falls Creek, VIC Three Blue Ducks, Bronte, Sydney NSW
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PIERMARQ ART ADVISORY PTY LTD 76 PADDINGTON ST, PADDINGTON NSW 2021 AUSTRALIA T: +61 2 9660 7799 info@piermarq.com.au www.piermarq.com.au