PACE GALLERY
540 West 25th Street,NEW YORK NY 10001
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Mar 12 > Apr 18, 2020
Painted in Mexico and Montauk, Julian Schnabel's latest large-scale works embrace the irregular shapes of their supports—fabric tarps sourced from an ambulatory market in Mexico.
Painted with marks Nares refers to as “a kind of mapping of the mind,” the works evoke volcanoes, rock formations, ocean waves, deserts, outer space, all rendered in emotive indigo blues, blood reds, pale pinks and olive greens– eternity. Once a utilitarian object, the fabric ground contains traces of its past life and the perfection of the coincidental opening a window into both our world and one imagined in dense paint. “The paintings are full of dynamic surprises….Small fire, a prism, and a window-like opening in a place with no wall, blue sky beyond…”
Painted with marks Nares refers to as “a kind of mapping of the mind,” the works evoke volcanoes, rock formations, ocean waves, deserts, outer space, all rendered in emotive indigo blues, blood reds, pale pinks and olive greens– eternity. Once a utilitarian object, the fabric ground contains traces of its past life and the perfection of the coincidental opening a window into both our world and one imagined in dense paint. “The paintings are full of dynamic surprises….Small fire, a prism, and a window-like opening in a place with no wall, blue sky beyond…”
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temporarily close Pace Gallery's New York locations beginning today, Friday, March 13. This is in keeping with the recommendations from the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control in light of the progression of COVID-19 in the city.
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