Robin Fry - paintings

Hiromart Gallery is pleased to present Sleeping Marbles, an exhibition of new works by Robin Fry, Canadian Artist.

This is the first solo-exhibition in Japan since 2015, and features Fry’s new way of paintings using new material and technique. All works are especially made for this exhibition.

We look forward to New Era Reiwa set to begin May 1, 2019, and this will be our first gallery project open in the era of Reiwa.

Sleeping Marbles

May 10 – June 16, 2019

Artist:          Robin Fry

Hours:         1 to 7 pm, Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (and by appointment)

Artist Statement on Sleeping Marbles:

In this new work I aim to take the immaterial world of the subconscious and carve it into stone.

My process begins by preparing panels with jute and gesso and making drawings on these. Next I apply plaster to select areas. I like to consider the decision making of where to add extra dimension as an extension of the drawing process. These decisions can be used to create complexity, resolve aesthetic problems and compositional puzzles.  

The finished low relief style painting may look like it was carved out of stone, a quality which can offer a more solid and visceral way of encapsulating a thought or feeling, giving a louder voice to a small wispy drawing.

Informed by European modernism, vintage graphic art and various aspects of the everyday he is continuously exploring technique and experimenting with material while delving into the darker regions of the psyche.

He has had solo exhibitions with Helen Pitt Gallery (Vancouver), Paul Petro (Toronto) and Hiromart Gallery (Tokyo) and recently his work was included in curatorial projects at soon.tw (Montreal), Peanuts Gallery (Vancouver), Weird Things (Toronto) and Loyal Gallery (Stockholm).

Image on TOP: Sister Midnight, 12x16 in., plaster, jute, gouache and ink on panel, 2019

Below:

The Good Boy, 9x12 in.

Sunday Afternoon, 12x16 in.

Please contact us for information and availability on the artworks: info(at)hiromartgallery.com

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