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Roy De Forest
Return to St. Helena
acrylic, mixed media on masonite
45 x 50 x 9 inches
RDp 14
acrylic, mixed media on wood
RDs 1
Song of the Blackbird
RDp33
The Lion in the Jungle
48 1/4 x 48 1/4 inches
The Red Cross Dog Among the Rocks
pastel, pencil, acrylic on paper and wood
32 x 39 1/2 inches
RDd26
Luck of the Red Cross Dog
Lair of the Mysterious Hatbird
New Constructions
Oct 15 - Nov 15, 1997
Roy De Forest: New Constructions will be on view at the George Adams Gallery from Wednesday, October 15th through Saturday, November 15th. This exhibition, the artist's first in New York since 1993, features seven new constructed paintings and works on paper. There is a strong emphasis on color, surface texture and dimension not only in the heavily impastoed surfaces, but in the carved forms mounted directly onto the canvasses and frames.
In this most recent group of works, all completed in 1997, DeForest continues to depict fantasy landscapes populated with horses, dogs, birds and hermits. Invigorated by the use of unorthodox materials, however, these new works mark a return to the three-dimensional painting format he began in the late 1970s. In Song of the Blackbird, for example, a black crow is sculpted out of foamcore laminated with masonite, while in Return to St. Helena, a carved terrier is covered with neon-bright puff paint. Other works in the exhibition, similarly handled, are In Transit, and In the Lair of the Mythic Catbird.
1. Song of the Blackbird, 1997
2. Return to Saint Helena, 1997
3. Lair of the Mysterious Hatbird, 1997
4. Marking Time, 1994
5. Luck of the Red Cross Dog, 1997
6. The Red Cross Dog Among the Rocks, 1997
7. The Lion in the Jungle, 1997
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