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Andrew Gray"Condition Week" - Original Acrylic Painting Featuring two Male Swimmers2024
2024
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Andrew Gray’s series "Currents of Color" finds a mesmerizing intersection in "Condition Week, 2024", an acrylic on canvas that stands out at 61 x 43 inches, framed elegantly to 62 x 44 inches. Priced at $13,500, this original painting is a testament to Gray's innovative exploration of aquatic environments and their interplay with the human figure. His embrace of water as both a subject and a medium has led him to a refreshing narrative beyond the familiar.
"Condition Week, 2024" depicts Black figures within the context of a swimming pool, a scene unfamiliar to the artist and thus explored with fresh eyes and genuine curiosity. Gray's unique approach—employing tools like large squidgees and dampened paper towels—allows the acrylic paint to mimic the movement of water, from serene calmness to the turbulent rush of currents. His technique goes beyond mere representation; it sculpts paint into a visual experience akin to the fluidity of water itself.
With a clear intent to uplift and celebrate, Gray challenges historical narratives surrounding Black bodies and water, aiming for lightness and universality. This piece captures a moment both mundane and profound, inviting the viewer to pause and reflect on the simplicity and complexity of this interaction.
Artist Statement for the "Currents of Color" Series:
While I typically center my artistic practice around the figure, I embrace water as both subject and medium. As I delved into this series, I began to question my choice of swimming as a narrative. Pools and the environments where bodies are interacting with water are very unfamiliar with me and sparked a genuine interest.
Through my art, I sought to insert myself into these aquatic environments, infusing them with the presence of black figures. As a creative, I found the joy in devising various methods to portray both water and the presence of a people, even if their bodies are not visually present in the painting. While acknowledging the weight of historical stereotypes and racism surrounding black bodies and water, I intentionally aimed for a sense of lightness in these paintings, inviting viewers to a mundane moment in time.
Employing unconventional tools such as large squidgy implements and dampened paper towels, I sculpted layers of paint to evoke the serene calmness of placid waters or the turbulent energy of rushing currents. My series, 'Currents of Color,' is an exploration of water in its myriad forms: from thick to thin, stillness to motion, indoors to outdoors, and the interplay of figures within, around, or submerged beneath its surface. - Andrew Gray
- Creator:Andrew Gray (American)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 61 in (154.94 cm)Width: 43 in (109.22 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Denver, CO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1308214363562
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