Ouattara Watts and Katy Schimert
dal 12/10/2011 al 11/11/2011
Segnalato da
12/10/2011
Ouattara Watts and Katy Schimert
Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
Watts' abstract, collaged paintings integrate everyday recycled materials, his passion for music and exploration of his heritage in the modern world. Schimert works in a variety of media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, film and installation.
Bertrand Delacroix Gallery is pleased to present a two-person exhibition of work by Ouattara Watts and
Katy Schimert.
Watts' abstract, collaged paintings integrate everyday recycled materials, his
passion for music and exploration of his heritage in the modern world. He
draws from external influences using emerging forms and juxtaposes varying
patterns, cultural references and numbers in an undefined space. Schimert
works in a variety of media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, film and
installation. Her works on paper use overlapping, colorful forms creating a
cohesive image. These forms project various emotions piecing together
Schimert's explorations of internal conflict. The selection of work emphasizes
their harmonious amalgamation of form, color, and contour. Each artist’s
exploration of abstract form exposes emotion with familiar objects stressing
their dialogue, where Schimert delineates the subject, Watts compounds it
with signs and representations.
Ouattara Watts was born in the Ivory Coast. He studied at L’École Nationale
Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Watts has had solo exhibitions at the Hess Art Collection,
Paarl, South Africa; Maggazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art,
Kansas City, MO; Leo Koenig, Inc., New York; Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO; Gagosian Gallery, New York;
Galeria Leyendeker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY;
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan; among others.
His work has been featured in numerous biennales and museum exhibitions,
including Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany; the 2002 Whitney Biennial, New York;
the 1993 Venice Biennial; Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-
Kuti, New Museum, New York; and The Short Century: Independence and
Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long
Island City, NY. Watts currently lives and works in New York.
Katy Schimert was born in Grand Island, New York. Schimert studied at the
Philadelphia College of Art and proceeded to pursue her MFA at Yale University.
She has had solo exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive,
California and The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Schimert’s
work is included in public collections, such as the The Museum of Modern Art, New
York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Norton Family Foundation, Seattle; the Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Her work was included in the 1997 Whitney Biennial, New York and the 23rd São Paulo Biennale, Brazil.
Schimert has taught at Yale University, UCSB, New York University, Harvard University, and RISD. She
currently lives and works in New York.
Image: Ouattara Watts, The Poem, 2011, Mixed media on canvas, 60 x 48 inches
For further information and photographic material please contact Florence Lynch, flynch@bdgny.com or
Vanessa Campos, valexandra@bdgny.com.
Opening Reception: Thursday, October13, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Bertrand Delacroix Gallery
535 West 25th Street - New York USA
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 am- 6pm.