BRIAN DONNELLY
REASSEMBLE
EXHIBITION DATES: NOVEMBER 3 - 25, 2017
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BRIAN DONNELLY
As Above So Below
oil on canvas
12 x 12 inches
$1,100
BRIAN DONNELLY
Fringe Benefits
oil on canvas
12 x 12 inches
$1,100
BRIAN DONNELLY
Braided Stream
oil on canvas
12 x 12 inches
$1,100
BRIAN DONNELLY
Wild Party
oil on paper
10 x 10 inches framed
SOLD
BRIAN DONNELLY
Explode
oil on paper
10 x 10 inches framed
$900
BRIAN DONNELLY
Confetti Portrait
oil on paper
10 x 10 inches framed
$900
BRIAN DONNELLY
In Pieces
oil, paper, aluminum, mylar
10 x 10 inches framed
SOLD
BRIAN DONNELLY
Strength in Numbers
oil on canvas
36 x 30 inches
$6,500
BRIAN DONNELLY
Little Drops / Vast Ocean
oil, paper, aluminum, mylar (549 buttons)
~ 48 x 48 inches
$8,000
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At the threshold where form and abstraction meet, Canadian artist Brian Donnelly carves his stunning niche. Obscuring his subject matter beyond tangible recognition, the artist creates not a portrait, but the ghost of a portrait, an amorphous reference point to something that was once perceived as beautiful and whole. Entailed in his process is an intuitive understanding that beneath even the most uniform exterior is a fleeting and ultimately destructive reality.
With 'Reassemble', Donnelly expands upon previous work to explore portraiture as a record of loss as opposed to eternal likeness. Accordingly, each piece sees Donnelly painting figures with exquisite technique before taking a figurative hammer, blowtorch, rope or rake to the canvas. As the visual information deteriorates, identities turn into indefinite abstractions. Paradoxes present themselves as being contingent upon one another in order to exist at all. Meanwhile, a brilliant and unmistakable aesthetic persists.
The opening reception for 'Reassemble' will be held at Stephanie Chefas Projects on Friday, November 3rd from 7-10pm. Stephanie Chefas Projects is located in Portland, Oregon at 305 SE 3rd Avenue on the second floor of the Urban Row building. The exhibition will be on view through November 25, 2017 and is free and open to the public.