Christopher Cutts Gallery is pleased to announce its 3rd solo exhibition of the work of Pat McDermott. I first encountered McDermott’s paintings back in the early 1990s. Nevertheless, it was not until 2012, some 20 years later, that I began to represent him.
McDermott’s rigorous, systemic approach to artmaking illustrates his commitment to the extension of the language of abstraction. McDermott states, “In the Sonnet Paintings, I have tried to depict the abstract with clarity...The paintings possess a photographic quality but what they depict is not ever obvious.”
The works, which are beautifully crafted, draw the viewer into the conundrum of uncertainty. McDermott further states, “Because I have depicted a world that the viewer does not know, the viewer is free to really look. The observer feels the relationships, tensions, quandaries, dilemmas, support and warmth that exist within the work and themselves.”
In this, Pat McDermott emancipates the principle conversation in looking, that being the dialogue between the object and that of the observer.

opening reception : Saturday, April 28th, 2-6 pm

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