DANIEL BRICE
Monochord
new paintings and works on paper
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-Project Room-
Group Exhibition
New Monotypes
April 15 – May 27, 2006
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d.e.n. contemporary
art is pleased to present Monochord, an exhibition
of new paintings, drawings and prints by California artist Daniel
Brice beginning April 15 and continuing through May
27. In these abstractions, Brice’s dedication to the utility of
line continues, to remarkably seductive yet subtle ends. Executed in
charcoal, these lyrical works are evidence of the artist’s masterful
discipline and extreme restraint.
Brice juxtaposes densely pigmented straight and organic lines, configuring
the negative space of sanded-down layers to jointly suggest figure,
landscape and atmosphere. Similar to a well-composed counter-melody,
Brice’s calculatedly cool and well-devised paintings/drawings
harmoniously construct a dialogue of both strength and understatement
that resonates deep within.
The exhibition will include several works on burlap and linen, as well
as on paper. In this work, Brice’s determination in combining
both organic sensibilities with the linear is strongly portrayed and
in its complexity, references exist to early modernist painters such
as Piet Mondrian and Kasimir Malevich, as well as Minimalists like Sol
Le Witt and Brice Marden.
The artist lives in Los Angeles and has exhibited works widely throughout
California, including the Riverside Art Museum and the Long Beach Art
Museum. In 2003 and 2005, he produced monoprints and lithographs published
by the internationally recognized Tamarind Institute.
SPECIAL PROJECT ROOM EXHIBITION
Showing concurrently in the Project Room will be a group exhibition
of new works selected from the Riverside Art Museum’s Monotype
II Workshop. Under the direction of Ron Pokrasso, a master printmaker
from New Mexico, these works will be on view to the public for the first
time.
A related lecture about printmaking and how to collect prints,
will be held at the gallery on April 26, at 6:45 pm, by Denise Kraemer,
Riverside Art Museum Education Curator.
An opening reception for both exhibitions will be held Saturday, April
15, from 5 to 8 p.m., and the shows will remain on view until May 27.
Print Lecture and opening reception are free and opened
to the public. The gallery is located at 6023 Washington Blvd. in Culver
City. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 to 5:30.
For additional information and visual
material, please contact:
Donna Enad Napper or Veronica Fernandez at (310) 559-3023 or info@dencontemporaryart.com
©2006