~ALAN REID/LISA COOLEY
ALAN REID, ‘THE MAVEN CURATOR’, 2008. IMAGE/COURTESY: LISA COOLEY FINE ART
LAST WEEK – TO CATCH – ALAN REID – ‘HEIRESSES ON TERRACES’
NOV 22 thru SUNDAY, DEC 28, 2008
LISA COOLEY FINE ART – 34 ORCHARD ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
HRS: WED-SUN 12-6PM
HOLIDAY HOURS: DEC 24-26 – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
DEC 27-28 – NOON-6PM
see: more images from the show & artist bio/gallery website
(note: the photos on the gallery website – are truer to the work’s actual hues – than the installation photos – below.)
. . . seeing this show – is seeing how graphic drawing veers away from cartoon & comic-inspired images to – fine art. and it’s not just the larger scale. the etherealness of the mythic subjects – is haunting.
ALAN RED, ‘THE MAVEN CURATOR’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 15 x 13 in. ($1,600)
ALAN REID, ‘Teapot’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 18 x 20 in. ($2,000)
detail, ALAN REID, ‘Teapot’.
ALAN REID, ‘Heiress’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 9 x 11 in. ($1,000)
ALAN REID, ‘The Credits’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 68 x 72 in. ($6,800)
detail, ALAN REID, ‘The Credits’.
ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’, 2008.
colored pencil and acrylic on canvas. 36 x 48 in. ($4,000)
detail, ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’.
detail, ALAN REID, ‘Marrakesh’.
LISA COOLEY, ALAN REID EXHIBIT, ‘Heiresses on Terraces’, December 16, 2008
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
