Gregory Montreuil-Paintings
"Wrestling with Color"
In The Upper Gallery
AUG 8th – SEPT 27, 2020
"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.
inventing new parameters for the future of painting.