Lori Earley
dal 14/10/2009 al 13/11/2009
Segnalato da
14/10/2009
Lori Earley
Opera Gallery, London
Due to the time-consuming nature of Earley's work and her meticulous technical process, her paintings are typically shown only once a year, at most. The show, however, comes nearly 2 years after her last exhibition (New York, 2008), making this exhibition her most ambitious and labor-intensive collection of works to date. The exquisite new figurative paintings are Earley's most intricate and continue to embrace the elegance and anguish of femininity and emotion.
Artist Lori Earley today announced news of her first solo exhibition in London - Laments and Lullabies. The highly anticipated show will be the artist’s first at London's Opera Gallery and is a major exposition in Earley’s prolific career. The exhibition opens to the public on Friday, October 16, 2009 with a reception from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. and will be on view through Saturday, November 14.
Due to the time-consuming nature of Earley’s work and her meticulous technical process, her paintings are typically shown only once a year, at most. Laments and Lullabies, however, comes nearly two years after her last solo exhibition held in New York in February, 2008, making this exhibition her most ambitious and labor-intensive collection of works to date. “It has been an intense, yet rewarding process,’” stated Earley, “I’m extremely proud of what I’ve accomplished. I feel these are my best paintings to date and can't wait to share them with the public.” With such a limited number of works available each year, her waiting list has grown in anticipation of her London show, with collectors already vying for an original. The exquisite new figurative paintings are Earley’s most intricate and continue to embrace the elegance and anguish of femininity and emotion. In addition to Earley’s signature portraits and if time permits, Laments and Lullabies could very well mark the debut of the artist’s very first self-portrait, which has been a popular request from her fans throughout the years.
After two works were stolen and not recovered from her 2008 New York solo show, Fade to Gray, just a week after opening, Earley refused to let thieves discourage. “I was really angry that my show was picked apart so soon after it opened, especially since everything was planned right down to the wallpaper, which I designed for the show. I felt horrible that the fans were robbed as well and not able to see the show in its entirety, especially with my best piece missing,” stated Lori. ‘”But I was determined not to let the loss dissuade me'. Putting the unfortunate incident behind her, Earley then began to prepare with a vengeance for what she considers to be her best exhibition to date. With Laments and Lullabies, the artist has decidedly moved away from the monochromatic, muted color palette of her last solo show to her recognizably inherent style that showcases vibrant colors and dark tones, similar to that of 2006’s enormously successful sold out solo exhibition, Anima Sola, at Opera Gallery in New York. Laments and Lullabies employs a more refined and rich palette, however, that helps convey the artistic intensity and spectrum of emotion that permeates each of her unique and beautiful works.
As the narrative progresses so does Earley’s poetic and artistic ambition, revealing her commitment to her subjects and to her vivid imagination. “The Pinnacle,” Earley’s largest scaled piece to date, her pièce de résistance, is the premier example of this. The 55” x 70” work, which took about four grueling months to complete, depicts a woeful, lone female figure standing on a jagged terrain, surrounded by numerous foreboding tornados. This new and unprecedented collection is Earley’s purest work, a flawless display of the collection’s painstaking detail - a vast array of the dichotomy of the human condition.
Lori Earley grew up in New York and graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Select group exhibitions include Idols of Perversity (2005) at Bellwether Gallery and Made in New York (2008) at Opera Gallery, New York. Earley’s work has been published in NYArts Magazine, The New York Post, WeAr Magazine, Bon Magazine, Fefé Magazine, Juxtapoz Magazine, Elegy, Rojo Magazine, Direct Art Magazine, Traffic, The New York Sun, Fine Art Magazine, The L Magazine, Hi Fructose Magazine, and Home and Garden Magazine. For more information on the art of Lori Earley, visit http://www.loriearley.com.
For Press Preview event, please contact Debra Anderson at info@cultureshockmarketing.com
Press Preview Thursday, October 15, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
Opera Gallery
134 New Bond Street, London W1S 2TF, UK.
Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
free admission