Gregory Montreuil-Paintings
"Wrestling with Color"
In The Upper Gallery
AUG 8th – SEPT 27, 2020
The German philosopher Walter Benjamin wrote, "color is something spiritual, something whose clarity is spiritual so that when colors are mixed they produce nuisances of color, not a blur." Montreuil delves into the complexity of color with a mix of analysis, intuition and intention. Unafraid, Montreuil works toward the dynamic of freedom and control using several approaches as necessary. While this depersonalizes his autographic signature, it allows him to express in the work a spiritual unity. Along with his contemporaries, Montreuil deals with the historical implications of classical abstraction but remains open to the necessity of
​inventing new parameters for the future of painting.
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All Around-2020, oil on canvas, 25.5 x 19.5, $1,800.00
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Know you Don’t-2020, oil on canvas, 25.5 x 19.75, $1,800.00
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Port Inconnue-2020, oil on canvas, 60 x 48, $3,500.00
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Says Who-2018-2019, oil on canvas, 20 x 16, $1,500.00
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Open at Once-2020, oil on canvas, 24 x 18, $1,500.00
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Giant-2020, oil on canvas, 24 x 18, $1,500.00
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Bleu Rex-2020, oil on canvas, 24 x 17.75, $1,500.00
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Terrene Blanc, fiberglass/marble, 10.5" R, $600.00
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Terrene Noir, fiberglass/marble/black gesso 24" R, $1,000.00
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Untitled-2020, oil on gessoed paper, 13.25 x 10.25 fr., $450.00
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Untitled-2020, oil on gessoed paper, 13.25 x 10.25 fr., $450.00
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Untitled-2020, oil on gessoed paper, 13.25 x 10.25 fr., $450.00
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Untitled-2020, oil on gessoed paper, 13.25 x 10.25 fr., $450.00
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Untitled-2020, oil on gessoed paper, 9.25 x 7.25 fr., $350.00 PRIVATE COLLECTION
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Otherside-2020, oil on canvas, 22.5 x 19 fr., $1,500.00
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Over Yonder-2020, oil on canvas, 15 x 12 fr., $1,000.00
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Block-2020, oil on canvas, 24 x 13.75 fr., $1,200.00