Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present “Willy Bo Richardson: Carrying and Soaring,” an Artsy online exclusive exhibition.
January 29 – March 8, 2025
514 Central Ave SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 766-9888
Created in Richardson’s signature style these 24 x 36 inch paintings complement a space both individually or as curated groupings.
Richardson says about the series Carrying and Soaring, “When ‘disruptions’ are a norm, perhaps what we are looking for is a loadstone that points towards consistency and quietude. My paintings offer space for peace and contemplation of beauty in the moment.”
By the late 1990s painting had been declared “dead” several times over. But for the contemporary painter Willy Bo Richardson, painting became a “practice” to orient himself and find meaning in a post-modern world. Richardson states, “Painting as a medium still takes root in our historic pre-verbal psyche.”
Influenced by Robert Irwin’s large scale scrim installation in 1998 titled Prologue: x 18³ at the Dia Art Foundation on 22nd street, Richardson set out to “influence space” with paintings. Richardson States, ″What blew me away, was Irwin’s comprehension and ability to point to space… Irwin was able to hold my attention with this liminal wonderment. So I asked myself if painting could be a vehicle to do the same.″
Richardson’s paintings have attracting power and intriguing spacial effects. Colors not only shift within bands of color, but shift within strokes. Joseph Albers used the term “vibrating boundaries” to explain the effect of colors in close proximity that are near-contrasting. Richardson experiments with multiple canvases at the same time, exploring color and spontaneous compositional ideas.
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View the exhibition online: Carrying and Soaring: Richard Levy Gallery
Richard Levy Gallery fosters a mission to support contemporary artists by providing exposure for artists in the international marketplace both in the gallery and online. The gallery presents six to ten gallery exhibitions per year, produces periodic satellite projects, and participates in select art fairs. Richard Levy Gallery was established in 1991. You can view previous exhibitions at Richard Levy here:
Miami Project
Clockwork for Oracles
Seattle Art Fair