CURTIS RIPLEY NIGHTFALL
WILLIAM TURNER GALLERY
NIGHTFALL T
he William Turner Gallery is pleased to present Nightfall, an exhibition of recent work by Los Angeles based artist, Curtis Ripley. Curtis Ripley’s newest works allude to intangible moments and phenomena we collectively experience- a season come and gone, the flicker of an emotion, a time of day or a quality of light. In this new series, Ripley will be presenting works that celebrate the night itself as well as nocturnes in music, poetry and paintings. These works are improvisational and concerned with creating an atmosphere and spacial depth that capture the mood of an evening’s mystery. The influence of music and poetry in Ripley’s creative process is evident as vibrant strokes shimmer and dance over the canvas, like words on a page or notes in a song. His paintings are rhythmic, playful and intimate. They surpass the constriction of literal interpretation and instead are meant to be evocative and experienced. Taking cues from the anti-figurative aesthetic of American Abstract Expressionists, Ripley’s process is one of spontaneity and gesture. Color is applied in broad strokes atop a black gesso surface. The paintings show the marks of their creation - splatters and drips are allowed to live on the surface, serving as reminders of the artist’s process. Ripley uses brushes and rags to wipe out and repaint the surface, obscuring previous layers while gradually building up others to create depth and movement. As Ripley says of his work - “My hope is to create paintings that are timeless, lyrical and full of life.”
At Last, 2017, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in
Boom!, 2017, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in
Nightfall #3, 2015, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in
Installation: Save The Robots & Pali Gap
Past and Present, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in
Nightfall #8, 2016, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in
Stillness of Evening, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in
Adagio #2 (morning), oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in
Nightfall #11, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in
Speed of Light, 2018, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in
Signal, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in
Boom 2!, 2018, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in
Our TIme Here, 2017, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in
Flamenco, 2017, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in
A Summer Song, 2017, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in
The New Year, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in
Minuet, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in
Installation: Chelsea & Gold KENMcKEN
Nightfall #12, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in
Installation: Gold KENMcKEN, Plane Image, Q Train, Tribeca
Spring Fever, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in
Scarletts Gold, 2017, silver deposit and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 60 inches
Sonata #23, 2017, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Sonata #3, 2018, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Sonata #8, 2017, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Midnight #2, 2018, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Sonata #1, 2017, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Sonata #4, 2017, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Sonata #11, 2018, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Sonata #22, 2018, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
Berlants Dream, 2017, silver deposit and acrylic on canvas, 18 x 18 inches Sonata #16, 2017, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
ToriGirL, 2017, silver deposit and acrylic on canvas, 18 x 15 inches Sonata #25, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in
CV: CURTIS RIPLEY Personal: Born, Lubbock, Texas, 1949 Lives and works in Los Angeles www.curtisripley.com Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison, MFA, 1975 Texas Tech University, BFA, 1971 University of the Americas, México D.F., 1969 Teaching: 1986-87 Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach (part time) Instructor, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica (part time)(also in 2003) 1985-86 Associate Professor, California State University, San Bernardino (full time) 1977-85 Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (full time, with tenure) 1975-77 Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (full time) 1975 Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison Awards: Juror’s Award, Zeichnung Heute, Nurnberg, Germany, 1983 National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Fellowship, 1979 Selected One Person Exhibitions: 2018 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Nightfall—Recent Paintings 2016 Susan Street Fine Arts, Solano Beach, CA, Invocation—Recent Paintings William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, A Poem About Breathing: New Paintings 2015 VAM Gallery, Austin, TX, Works on Paper 2014 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Here and Now—Recent Paintings 2013 Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, Changing Light, Recent Paintings 2011 Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA, Recent Paintings 2011 Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, Time After Time--Paintings 2011 Modernism West, San Francisco, Paintings 2010 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, We Are Not Alone, paintings 2008 Modernism, Inc., San Francisco, Another Life, paintings & works on paper Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC, Another World, paintings & works on paper Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, Paintings & Works on Paper 2007 Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, CA, New Paintings William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Nocturnes—paintings and works on paper 2006 Berman/Turner Projects, Santa Monica, This Life, paintings and works on paper 2005 One California Building, San Francisco, Poetic Paintings, (an exhibi tion arranged by Modernism, San Francisco and by Cathy Baum & As sociates) Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, Recent Paintings and Works on Paper 2004 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Recent Paintings Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, CA, Paintings
2003 William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Paintings Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, Strange Attractions 2001 Modernism, San Francisco, Paintings 1999 Sylvia White Gallery, New York, Paintings and Works on Paper The New Gallery, Nantucket, MA, Paintings and Works on Paper 1998 Modernism, San Francisco, Paintings and Works on Paper 1996 Modernism, San Francisco, Paintings and Works on Paper 1994 Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA, Works on Paper 1990 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, Paintings and Drawings 1986 Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, Paintings and Drawings Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, Vessels and Drawings 1985 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 1984 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, Vessels and Drawings 1983 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Reynolds/Minor Gallery, Richmond, VA, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 1981 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, Drawings and Sculpture 1980 Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC, Ceramic Vessels Selected Public Collections: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Chemical Bank, New York Prudential Insurance, Newark Booz, Allen & Hamilton, New York General Electric, Fairfield, CT Hotel Monaco, San Francisco Yokohama Royal Park Hotel, Japan The Imperial Hotel, Osaka MGM Grand, Las Vegas Southern California Gas Co., Los Angeles Hotel Argent, San Francisco Capital One, Richmond, VA
First National Bank, Minneapolis J.P. Morgan Chase, New York Exxon Mobil, Irving, TX Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, VA HBO, New York Hotel Monaco, Seattle The Ambassador Hotel, Taipei The Sherwood Hotel, Taipei Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas HSBC Private Bank, New York David & Lucille Packard Foundation, C Markel Corporation, Glen Allen, VA
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