Randy Wray
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PIONEER, 2009 Oil, acrylic, glitter on canvas 81 x 106 inches
PORT (Installation detail), 2008 Mixed media outdoor installation 14h x 60w x 30d feet
WINTER RIDE, 2009 Oil, acrylic, glitter on canvas 80 x 107 inches
MONUMENT, 2009 Wood, papier-mâché, quartz crystals, wire, acrylic, oil paint, epoxy resin, glitter 69h x 25w x 26d inches
UP, 2009 Wood, paper, geodes, quartz crystals, fabric, glass, thread, glitter, acrylic 21.5 x 19 x 3 inches
Randy
Wray
Artist's Statement
In my paintings, trains, ships, and other modes of transportation become metaphors for the transformative power of art. Beginning with Currier & Ives lithographs as inspiration, I hand paint larger, altered versions depicting people in moments of transition and epiphany. The subjects leave behind the familiar world and rush into psychic mulch – passages of pure color and mark making. Areas of raw canvas and glitter assert the physicality of the paintings while simultaneously heightening the illusion of depth. By reinterpreting these pictures on a heroic scale, and incorporating abstraction, I aim to turn once sentimental pictures into new works of spirituality.
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Selected Solo:
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, White Columns, New York, NY, Greenville County Art Museum, Greenville, SC, Derek Eller, New York, NY, Black and White, New York, NY, Christopher Grimes, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Group:
Kate MacGarry, London, Feature Inc., New York, NY, Jack Tilton, New York, NY, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC , Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, Derek Eller, New York, NY, Adventure Ecology HQ, London, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, LMAK projects, New York, NY, Sandra Gering, New York, NY, Gregory Lind, San Francisco, CA, White Columns, New York, NY, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA, Apex Art, NewYork, NY
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