From David B. Smith Gallery’s website:
DENVER – The David B. Smith Gallery is pleased to present New Works by Laura Ball and Ryan
McLennan. Please join us for the opening reception on January 28th from 7pm – 10pm, when both artists
will be in attendance. These two creative artists explore the struggles of human existence through animal imagery, which represent parallels to both the natural world and the world of the subconscious.
While McLennan creates scenes which parallel the natural world, using a cast of North American mammals and birds to explore brief lessons in ecology, natural history, and evolution, Ball devises a world of internal dreams and monsters, defining the shadows that hold us back from healthy progression in our daily lives.
Both Ball and McLennan tend to contrast their images against a stark, white background, inviting the viewer to delve more deeply into the meaning behind the image. While McLennan gravitates to acrylic and graphite while utilizing a subtle pallet of browns and golds, Ball uses watercolor to create softer but equally complex forms or more intense hues.
While their aesthetic is similar, their styles and content are strikingly different – but each explores an examination of consciousness while capturing the struggles with which they are intrigued; whether it is the
survival of the environment, or the survival of the human psyche. Both artists have received extensive national recognition, prestigious awards and grants.
An essay by Leanne Haase Goebel will accompany the exhibition.
Laura Ball:
Ryan McLennan:
As you can see their works are extraordinary. So if you are in Denver you should definitely pay them a visit.
Laura Ball and Ryan McLennan: New Works
January 28 – February 26, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, January 28, 2011, 7pm – 10pm
Artists in Attendance
Free and open to the public
Read the exhibition essay by Leanne Haase Goebel HERE!
Little sidenote: If you haven’t seen it yet, there are dates for exhibitions, art shows, etc. on the sidebar.
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