In the Studio with Larry Silver Pt. 2
Studio shot, May 11, 2020 most works on wall are all paintings on paper in progress (self isolation period)
How has self isolation affected your work?
The painting process is a solitary activity and the atmosphere of self isolation has heightened many of the qualities inherent in the making of abstract art. I have spent about 90% of my time alone since the virus has attacked my home of NYC in mid March. In this realm of self isolation, time and space possess an absolute non narrative, non sequential reality - two of the essential phenomena that are the foundation of abstraction. This is a state of heightened awareness where ones life memories, influences and experiences seem to wash over the self, a confused flood of sensations. As I work primarily out of a subconscious state, the anxiety, sadness, rage and alienation of this time has affected the work in color sense, quality of the mark, and compositional elements. There is an internal, biological sensation in the dominant reds and purples, an edgy, eerie quality to the gestural line, a sense of isolation in both minimal and expressionist compositions.
About Larry’s Work:
“My work is composed of oil paint mixtures, graphite and pastel, which interlock on the clay surface of the painting's panels. The face of each painting is a delicate skin that is partially stripped away to expose references to diagrammatic notations, molecular bundles, Venetian walls. Complex drawing may be constructed, erased, reconstructed and then partially erased again suggesting a collection of time worn, abstract graffiti. This grouping of translucent applications of marks, drips, pours and sandings possesses the simultaneity of appearance and dissolve.”
Larry has shown in group and one person exhibitions in national and international venues. Some include: Lesley Heller Gallery, NYC; Laura Henry Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Rose Burlingham, NYC; Basel Art Fair, Switzerland; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; PS122 NYC; Barbican Art Center, London; Curt Marcus Gallery, NYC; PPOW Gallery, NYC; Lannon Gallery, NYC; Indianapolis Museum of the Arts, IN, Centro Mascarella, Bologna, Italy. Paintings and drawings are also held in several private and public collections.
His work is in numerous public collections including AT&T, Bartlett Schlumberger, Chemical Bank, Citi, Goldman Sachs, IBM Corporation, Marsh and McLennan, Philip Morris, Shasta College of Art, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Zale Corporation
Larry Silver lives and works in Manhattan.
http://larrysilverpaintings.blogspot.com/
Studio shot, May 11 2020, Painting on wall done between March 15 and April 30, 2020 (self isolation period)
Studio shot, January/2019, photo credit: Aleya Lehmann Bench
Studio shot, January/2019, photo credit: Aleya Lehmann Bench
Studio shot, January/2019, photo credit: Aleya Lehmann Bench
"Over my Shoulder", oil on clay panel, 10 x 8", 2020
"313", oil, graphite, charcoal on clay panel, 10 x 8" 2020
"At the Border", oil on clay panel, 10 x 8", 2020
"Before Now", oil, graphite, charcoal on clay panel, 10 x 8", 2020
"Stay", oil, charcoal, graphite on clay panel, 10 x 8", 2020
"Prediction", oil on clay panel, 18 x 24", 2020
"Solo with Chorus", oil, graphite, charcoal on clay panel, 18 x 24", 2020
"Today and Today and Today", oil, graphite, charcoal on clay panel,18 x 24" 2020
"Proscenium Dream for Jeff Weiss", oil, charcoal on clay panel, 18 x 24", 2020
"From the Window", oil, charcoal on clay panel, 18 x 24", 2020