Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Australian artist, Kristian Mumford, in a special exhibition, Out from Down Under & Beyond. The exhibition is scheduled to run from May 11, 2010 through June 01, 2010.
Distinctive and driven, artist Kristian Mumford creates strikingly beautiful portraits in oils. His portraits are primarily of women – their poses are dramatic, dynamic, but they are carefully composed, dressed up, placed within a specific realm – the women are romances on the idea of woman, the venus, the lover, the embodiment of grace. Mumford reaches for something profound within his works, and much of their impact comes from his autobiographical explorations of meaning within the paintings. His technique is innovative and fresh. Working on linen rather than canvas, Mumford works with a much finer surface which takes on the pigment. The effect is of translucent washes that layer and shimmer from within the painting, merging the subtlety of watercolor or inks with the vibrancy and malleability of oils. His lightness of touch, the ability this gives him to express variations of light and tone, lends the works a wonderfully ethereal quality.
Kristian Mumford, after an active and eclectic creative life has realised he was a painter all along.
Exhibition Dates: May 11, 2010 – June 01, 2010
Reception: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.
Event URL: www.agora-gallery.com/ArtistInvite/Kristian_Mumford.aspx
Image: Kristian Mumford, Perish, Oil on Linen
