Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Joe Ray "Complexion Constellation" @ Diane Rosenstein


In Space, 1980
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
86 3/16 x 40 1/8 inches









New Eye, 1969
Cast resin and Plexiglas
7 x 11 x 11 inches




Crescent, 1969
Paint on Plexiglas and paper
15 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches





Lowell Darling, Tony Ramos, and Joe Ray
The Green Hotel Performance, 1972
Ten vintage gelatin silver prints
14 x 11 inches each







Untitled, 1970-72
Thirty-one gelatin silver prints
55 x 51 x 1 1/2 inches











Flaming Star Nebula #1, 2017
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
96 x 60 inches



Becoming Ms. Burton, 2017
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
96 x 60 inches




Rings and Spheres, 1980-83
Cast Resin
5 x 110 x 11 1/2 inches 




Fields to the Yard (#1-23), 2014
Printers ink, silver gelatin print, inkjet print on paper
26 3/8 x 22 3/8 inches






Art Is Energy, 1979
Ink, tape, paper
11 x 14 inches



I like how Joe Ray allows me to think about the word race in so many ways.
Human Race(s) (color)
Space Race / Race to the moon
Arms Race (energy)

Historical Speed... (development and expansion)

A constellation of color(s) that is/are complex... Complexion is complex. So, "Complexion Constellation" is not only an apropos title for this exhibition in so many ways and a painting that combines process-oriented mark-making with language, but also apropos for life more universally, once, now, and forever.

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