Robert LEMAY /// GRID
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Wallace Galleries Ltd 100-500 5 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L5
May 5 - May 18
Robert Lemay, "pomegranates," 30x48
Robert Lemay, "pomegranates," 30x48
Preview of Show: Thursday, May 5, 2015
Opening reception: Saturday, May 7, 2015 : 2 - 5 PM. Artist in attendance
..." The artist unites the tradition of oil on canvas portraiture with the mass media images of today. This new work can be seen as a kind of pop realism. The gridded photograph has always served as the basis for Lemay’s paintings, but in the recent work, the penciled grid has been left, exposed, as he creates the image square by square, row by row, leaving traces of the substructure. This creates a tension between the realism of the image and the abstraction of the grid, underscoring the digital source. …" - Lemay
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