Paul Housley
dal 5/10/2011 al 11/11/2011
Segnalato da
5/10/2011
Paul Housley
ALP / Peter Bergman, Stockholm
The exhibition A Yellow Bird at Night refers to Housley's relation to colour, form and the act of creation. The new works are as self-evident as they are opaque, just as the yellow bird of the title will be black at night.
Peter Bergman is proud to present Paul Housley’s second solo show at
the gallery.
Paul Housley works with portraiture in its various forms, in a way
that moves beyond depiction of people and objects. Rather than aiming
to portray a subject’s outer or even inner qualities, he moves the
emphasis to a “not-present”, arrived at as the image is continuously
tested through the working process. The painterly labour is laid out
as evidence, and rejected motives are allowed to become part of the
finished work. This may be why each painting appears to have its very
own temperament, a sort of psyche that has come about on the journey
the painting has made from the very first stages. Creation and
destruction go hand in hand, and then arrive in the moment, in the
here and now.
The exhibition ‘A Yellow Bird at Night’ refers to Housley’s relation
to colour, form and the act of creation. The new works are as self-
evident as they are opaque, just as the yellow bird of the title will
be black at night; they complicate seemingly simple truths. From just
the five basic colours of the palette, images are formed that bear
witness to the absurdities of existence and the simple joy of being
alive.
Several themes and motives refer to art history - for instance Housley
has painted himself previously as Velazquez and Picasso - and many of
his paintings, directly or indirectly, are inspired by popular
culture. Just as often as the paintings hold back their full identity,
they declare their presence as a comment on themselves. All contain
traces of a ghostly and irrational reality; something that in the
midst of safe familiarity, manages to escape our eyes.
Paul Housley was born in Stalybridge UK in 1964. He holds an MA from
the Royal College of Art. Recent solo exhibitions include Akinci,
Amsterdam (2010); Orders from Chaos, Peter Bergman, Stockholm (2009);
Some Have Eyes, Wilkinson Gallery, London (2008); Night Painting,
Sunday LES, New York (2008) and Heavy Easel, Norwich Gallery, Norwich
(2006). Housley has participated in group exhibitions including Keep
Floors and Passage Clear, White Columns, New York (2011); Dark Nature,
Poppy Sebire, London (2010); She Awoke With a Jerk, Andrea Rosen
Gallery, New York (2010); Repetition: Paintwork3, Galerie Borchardt,
Hamburg (2009); Things We Know, Jessica Bradley Art and Projects,
Toronto (2007).
Opening reception Thursday, 6 October 5-8 p.m.
PETER BERGMAN
Torsgatan 41 113 62 Stockholm
The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday 12-5, and Saturdays 12-4.
free entry
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