artistes

Richard Colman

Né à Bethesda dans le Maryland en 1976. Vit et travaille à San Francisco, CA et à Sandy Hook, CT.

Un regard en coin, dissimulé derrière une épaule et à l'abri d’une mèche. La figure centrale vous regarde. Ses membres aux lignes géométriques semblent s’étaler, bien que le personnage soit recroquevillé. Ni homme, ni femme, ses bras allongés à l'extrême deviennent les tentacules d’une créature profondément humaine. Richard Colman fige le temps. Il préfère mettre en scène l’instant plutôt que de le saisir. L’absence de mouvements dans ses peintures participe à leur caractère narratif, dont le récit ne se déroule pas dans le temps mais se déploie sur tout l’espace de la toile, à l’image de sa créature.

L’influence de la peinture religieuse dans cette manière de restituer une histoire est pleinement assumée. Chaque élément représenté participe à une recherche d’harmonie. En stylisant les formes et en éliminant les contours, Richard Colman s’attelle à ne représenter que l’essentiel de son sujet. Il tend à trouver l’équilibre, dans des compositions asymétriques où les lignes de force se répondent entre elles, autant que les couleurs tantôt vives tantôt pastel. L’artiste, longtemps installé en Californie, nous parle de questions existentielles avec poésie et légèreté. Son travail a été exposé dans de nombreuses galeries à New York, Los Angeles, Copenhague, Berlin, Mexico City, Londres et maintenant Paris.

voir l'exposition The Last California Paintings

Born in Bethesda, Maryland in 1976. Lives and works in San Francisco, CA and Sandy Hook, CT.

A sideways glance, hidden between someone’s shoulder and their hair. The central figure is looking at you. Their arms, composed of geometric lines, seem to spread out although the character is curled up. Neither male nor female, their limbs stretch out to the extreme, transforming into the tentacles of a deeply human creature. Richard Colman freezes time. He prefers to stage the moment rather than capture it. The absence of movement in his paintings contributes to their narrative character, the story of which does not unroll over time but unfolds over the space of the canvas. The influence of religious painting is clear in the way this narrative unfolds.

Each element represented participates in a search for harmony. By stylizing the forms and eliminating the outlines, Richard Colman strives to represent what is essential in his subject. He tends to find balance in asymmetrical compositions where the lines of force respond to each other, as much as the colors, sometimes bright sometimes pastel. The artist, who has lived in California for a long time, talks to us about existential questions with poetry and lightness. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Berlin, Mexico City, London and now Paris.

see The Last California Paintings exhibition

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SOLO SHOWS

2021

● 33 Lilied, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

2020

● Spider Dream, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2018

● Market Art Fair, Thomas Campbell & Richard Colman, V1 Gallery,
Stockholm, SE

2017

● Misanthrope, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2016

● Bold Notion (Online exhibition), Richard Colman, GASTMAN Gallery, NYC

2015

● Faces, Figures, Places & Things, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco

2014

● Noise, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2013

● Gone Tomorrow, New Image Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
● Miles From Home, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012

● Destroyer (w/Andrew Schoultz), Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, CA

GROUP SHOWS

2021

● Lampadephoria, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2020

● MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2019

● MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
● Beyond the Streets, New York, US

2017

● Under Winter Moon, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
● Under Winter Moon, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
● Jon, John, Søren & Richard, V1 Gallery, DK

2016

● Strange Powers, GASTMAN Gallery at ComplexCon 2016, Los Angeles, CA

2015

● 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
● WORK IN PROGRESS, GASTMAN Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
● Jug Life, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
● All Types of Characters: curated by worlds best ever, Joshua a Liner Gallery,
New York, NY
● New Normal II, curated by Andreas Guerrero, Oakland, CA

EDUCATION

2002

● School of The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

ARTS FAIRS

2018

● Untitled, New Image Art, Miami, FL
● Tables, Pots & Plants – A song for Matisse, V1 Gallery at VOLTA14, Basel, CH
● Market Art Fair, Thomas Campbell & Richard Colman, V1 Gallery, Stockholm, SE

2017

● CHART Art Fair, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
● Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, DK

2015

● Art Herning, V1 Gallery, Herning, DK
● Art Market San Francisco, Chandran Gallery

2014

● Art Market Hamptons, Joshua Liner Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, US
● Zona Maco, New Image Art Gallery, Mexico City, MX
● Pulse, New Image Art, Miami, FL

2013

● Project Miami, Joshua Liner Gallery, Miami, US

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