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Halsey McKay Gallery presents new ceramic support paintings by Graham Collins at NADA x Foreland, a collaborative weekend exhibition in Catskill, NY.
Visit the exhibition Saturday, August 28 and August 29, 11am–8pm at Foreland, 361 Main Street, Catskill, New York. Please note that masks are required for entry.
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Graham Collins
Rock Creek IV, 2021
casein on hemp laid on ceramic
3 x 11 1/4 x 2 inches (7.6 x 28.3 x 5.1 cm)
As with much of Graham Collins’ diverse output, the specific material properties and techniques that go into producing his paintings on experimental ceramic supports are spotlighted and foregrounded conceptually and simultaneously obscured or hidden from view. The supports are constructed face down, beginning with a simple clay slab. This slab is then cut to size and reinforced while building up areas to distance it from the wall, balance, and hang it. The stoneware support is dried, glazed and fired. Next, a piece of canvas is mounted to the front side with an archival adhesive, trimmed to the edges, and painted. These paintings function like other works from Collins’ oeuvre in that they initially read as minimalist painting objects but actually contain a lot of handmade, intuitive and gestural marking. The works also needle the loaded material, ceramic, by using it structurally rather than putting it decoratively in the foreground.
Graham Collins (b. 1980, Washington, D.C.) received his BFA from Corcoran College of Art in Washington and his MFA from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Recent solo exhibitions have been with Halsey McKay Gallery, New York and East Hampton, New York; The Journal, Brooklyn, NY; Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium; Bugata & Cargnel, Paris, France; Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, United Kingdom. His work has been included in several group exhibitions, most recently at Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, California; C. Grimaldis, Baltimore, Maryland; Marlborough Contemporary, New York, New York. He currently lives and works in New York and is represented by Halsey McKay Gallery.