Tom Uttech
October 24th through November 28th
In advance of a larger exhibition and publication scheduled for 2021-2022.
Uttech’s new paintings are divided roughly into three primary motifs: “migrations,” in which the landscapes are inhabited with dense arrangements of flying birds; “reflections,” the newest of his motifs, in which complex details of forest patterns are reflected in water; and “panoramas,” in which the viewer looks out toward a distant horizon in a scene described by the critic Lucy Lippard where “the scrubby natural grandeur and spiritual power of this place is transmitted with extraordinary detail that transcends ordinary experience.” His beloved “Migration” paintings, examples of which are in major American museums including Crystal Bridges, New Orleans and the Smithsonian, are giving way to a new motif – “Reflection” paintings. Two major “Reflection” paintings were included in our most recent gallery show, and we look forward to the new ones, two of which are in-progress now. “Symmetry is life, it’s reality. That is magic. Painting, hopefully can do that too.”
