Dont miss Rex Ray at Gallery 16 this Friday, 6-9pm Gallery 16 is pleased to announce a long awaited solo exhibition of San Francisco luminary Rex Ray. This exhibition is the first show of the artists work in California in nearly four years. As you may be aware, the artist’s health has been in decline over this period and we are proud and honored to present the artwork of a true American treasure. For over twenty-five years Rex Ray’s work has influenced scores of artists and designers around the world. We are gathering together to celebrate his influence and his remarkable career. Gallery 16 is proud to present an online catalog in anticipation of this important 2014 exhibition. This collection reflects nearly all the original work currently available to private collectors.Interested clients should contact the gallery with inquiries. You can find the catalog here > issuu/gallery16/docs/rex_catalog_s The exhibition will present paintings, collage and newly published original prints. Ray’s work has become a fixture on the national arts scene with its unmistakable graphic power and distinctively barbed beauty. Drawing inspiration from his influences—the Arts and Crafts Movement, organic and hard-edged abstraction, pattern and textile design, Ray playfully combines these formalist concepts in his pursuit to create beautiful things. “I fell into a crazy group of Marxist, intellectual gays in Colorado in the 1970s” Ray says. “They had a very democratic approach to art, where they believed that all art forms were the same. There was no hierarchy between Fine Art and commercial.” When Ray attended the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1980s, his perspective was legitimized under instructors Angela Davis and Ray Mondini. To him, art was about how it was making people feel. His paintings and collages have received acclaim in national and international art venues, and his ubiquitous graphic work has made him a staple on the international design scene. Ray has refined his distinct abstract vocabulary which draws inspiration from the Arts and Crafts Movement, organic and hard-edged abstraction, pattern and textile design. Ray playfully combines these concepts with his pursuit to create beautiful things. The artists work has been the subject of several monographs including the Chronicle Books Publication “Rex Ray: Art +Design,” “Paper Collage, in 2006 and the 480 page, hardcover book “Information” in 2011. Ray’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions worldwide including Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO., University Art Museum Berkeley, San Diego Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art. - Gallery 16 news release 501 Third St. San Francisco gallery16
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:07:47 +0000
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