December 22, 2015
2-TIMES · Art
Troy Brauntuch,
'Early Work'
—
Title reference:
'Early Work'
uncovers the
beginnings of
Brauntuch's
seductive and
poetic approach.
Exhibited:
12 pieces,
accompanied
by an exhibition
catalog.
Over the course
of his four-decade
long practice,
the artist has
appropriated
obscure images
from a breadth
of sources, and
rendered works
in the dark,
alluring medium
of pigment on
black cotton or
black paper.
In Troy's words:
“You know, it’s
really strange,
because I haven’t
seen these works
in 35 or 40 years."
“It’s sort of like
children, coming
back and going,
'Ooh, that’s you?'”
'Early Work':
Marks the first
time these large
works, created
between 1976
and 1983, have
been exhibited
together. Each
work, selected
by the artist
and borrowed
from both private
and public
collections.
2-TIMES'
highlights:
Untitled
(Officers),
1982
&
Untitled
(Violin Player),
1983
On view at:
Petzel Gallery
—
35 East 67th Street,
New York, NY 10065,
United States.
Closes:
January 9, 2016.