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To see the Josh Keyes show click HERE.
To see the John Brophy show click HERE.
Roq La Rue Gallery
presents
Josh Keyes
" The Circus and The Sea "
new paintings
and
John Brophy
" New Songs for The Standard Model "
new paintings
Opening Friday November 9th 6-9pm ~ artists in attendance
Show runs through December 1st.
Roq La Rue is pleased to present two solo shows for the month of November.
Painter Josh Keyes is internationally famous for his work that blends museum-like diorama imagery with stark contemporary commentary of socio-political and environmental challenges we all face.
Keyes' style is reminiscent of the diagrammatic vocabulary found in scientific textbook illustrations that often express, through a detached and clinical viewpoint, an empirical representation of the natural world. Assembled into this virtual stage set are references to contemporary events along with images and themes from his personal mythology. Josh Keyes' work is a hybrid of eco-surrealism and dystopian folktales that express a concern for our time and the Earth's future.
Josh Keyes will be exhibiting a new series of paintings themed around the circus and sea imagery. We will be releasing a very limited edition print entitled "Exodus 1" , available to walk in's only starting at 5pm on November 9th. Please check the News section of our website to learn more about this edition here.
John Brophy creates highly detailed paintings that blend artifacts from global cultures and belief systems and juxtaposes them with the overarching affects of western consumer culture. His extraordinary style combines the use of a computer as an art making tool (he designs 3-d models of his paintings as a guide first) as well as the intimacy of painting (he then completely hand paints the imagery onto panel).
Taking cues from the religious imagery of 15th century Flemish Primitive art, he takes their use of intimate compositions and understated gestures and reworks them using contemporary imagery to create surreal yet immediate new icons for the modern age.
John Brophy will be releasing a new print entitled " Oracle " during the opening. You can learn more by visiting our website "News" section here.
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