Press and Editorial
LARRY BELL - CUBES AND WORKS ON CANVAS
April 2006Annandale Galleries
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In the 1960's, Larry Bell with a few others, invented what we now call West Coast art...this made a herald of the master. The voracious needs of the media then engulfed and transformed the demigod (artist) into a mystical meteor, mythical and dated. - Thierry Raspail
ANNANDALE GALLERIES are proud to present the first solo exhibition in Australia of the work of legendary American artist LARRY BELL. His minimalist cubes have been icons of art history since the first exhibition of this stunningly original work sold out at the famous Pace Gallery in New York on the first day in 1965. Since that time Bell has continued to make works in glass with his primary subject matter light itself as well as works on canvas and paper.
The glass cubes sculptures which are the centrepiece of the Annandale show are too engaging and interactive to sit comfortably with a minimalist label for long, alternately viewed as very much concrete objects, or cool and ethereal ?- almost vaporous in nature. They are also "screens" capable of carrying and reflecting a great deal of emotion. The pieces both absorb and radiate light, and the surroundings therefore become part of the work. The viewer is inevitably drawn in, as where one stands or moves, even what one is wearing is reflected in and becomes part of the illusion. The work and the space between the viewer and the cubes is detonated and bridged.
LARRY BELL (born Chicago 1939 lives and works in Taos New Mexico and Venice California) is one of the most noteworthy representatives of abstract art in the postwar period, a career has spanning four decades. His medium, "light on surface," has often utilized the technology of thin deposition of vaporized metal films. His work is in the Tate gallery, Museum of Modern Art NY, Guggenheim, Stedelijk and National Gallery of Australia. This is his second visit to Australia. For press, or visuals please contact Annandale Galleries.
» View LARRY BELL - CUBES AND WORKS ON CANVAS exhibition
In the 1960's, Larry Bell with a few others, invented what we now call West Coast art...this made a herald of the master. The voracious needs of the media then engulfed and transformed the demigod (artist) into a mystical meteor, mythical and dated. - Thierry Raspail
ANNANDALE GALLERIES are proud to present the first solo exhibition in Australia of the work of legendary American artist LARRY BELL. His minimalist cubes have been icons of art history since the first exhibition of this stunningly original work sold out at the famous Pace Gallery in New York on the first day in 1965. Since that time Bell has continued to make works in glass with his primary subject matter light itself as well as works on canvas and paper.
The glass cubes sculptures which are the centrepiece of the Annandale show are too engaging and interactive to sit comfortably with a minimalist label for long, alternately viewed as very much concrete objects, or cool and ethereal ?- almost vaporous in nature. They are also "screens" capable of carrying and reflecting a great deal of emotion. The pieces both absorb and radiate light, and the surroundings therefore become part of the work. The viewer is inevitably drawn in, as where one stands or moves, even what one is wearing is reflected in and becomes part of the illusion. The work and the space between the viewer and the cubes is detonated and bridged.
LARRY BELL (born Chicago 1939 lives and works in Taos New Mexico and Venice California) is one of the most noteworthy representatives of abstract art in the postwar period, a career has spanning four decades. His medium, "light on surface," has often utilized the technology of thin deposition of vaporized metal films. His work is in the Tate gallery, Museum of Modern Art NY, Guggenheim, Stedelijk and National Gallery of Australia. This is his second visit to Australia. For press, or visuals please contact Annandale Galleries.