January 29–March 8
Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present a new body of work by Willy Bo Richardson. Six new paintings from the artist’s recent series Carrying and Soaring are being offered exclusively on Artsy through March 8th.
Created in Richardson’s signature style these 24 x 36 inch paintings compliment a space both individually or as curated groupings.
Richardson says about the series Carrying and Soaring “When “disruptions” are a norm, perhaps what we are looking for is a loadstone that points towards consistency and quietude. My paintings offer space for peace and contemplation of beauty in the moment.”
By the late 1990s painting had been declared “dead” several times over. But for the contemporary painter Willy Bo Richardson, painting became a “practice” to orient himself and find meaning in a post-modern world. Richardson states, “Painting as a medium still takes root in our historic pre-verbal psyche.”
Influenced by Robert Irwin’s large scale scrim installation in 1998 titled Prologue: x 18³ at the Dia Art Foundation on 22nd street, Richardson set out to “influence space” with paintings. Richardson States, ″What blew me away, was Irwin’s comprehension and ability to point to space… Irwin was able to hold my attention with this liminal wonderment. So I asked myself if painting could be a vehicle to do the same.″
Richardson’s paintings have attracting power and intriguing spacial effects. Colors not only shift within bands of color, but shift within strokes. Joseph Albers used the term “vibrating boundaries” to explain the effect of colors in close proximity that are near-contrasting. Richardson experiments with multiple canvases at the same time, exploring color and spontaneous compositional ideas.
Dates: January 29–March 8 2025
Gallery Hours: Always Open Online
Location: Artsy.net
Contact: 505.766.9888, info@levygallery.com, www.levygallery.com
Richardson is represented by Richard Levy Gallery in Albuquerque, Nüart Gallery in Santa Fe, and Skot Foreman Gallery in San Miguel de Allende.
Dive deeper: Check out Willy Bo Richardson on PBS ¡Colores! and his artist statement: Dad, Why Do You Paint Stripes?