Leslie Laskey: Work March 13, 2008

Bruno David Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition by Leslie Laskey in three parts. PORTRAITS (Project Room), HINGE (Main Gallery), WOODLAND SKETCHES (Print Room). In the New Media Room, an excerpt of a documentary directed by David and Lulu Wild currently on production will show Leslie working in his studio.
In the hit-or-miss world of contemporary art, longevity in itself is a virtue. Leslie Laskey’s lengthy biography can at times read like the artistic history of the 20th and 21st century. Now in his eighties, Laskey remains a working artist—and a central and engaging one at that. Longevity is one thing, but combine that with integrity and a drive to continually advance contemporary art and you have an (St. Louis) artist who has long been in our midst and deserves our admiration.
Leslie Laskey demonstrates again that working in the studio is crucial to a creative mind and longevity. His new work explores and engages us in images found in things and places. Showing us how they work, finding sensuality in surfaces and rich mystifying colors. Laskey never separates his art from its viewer as he always engages them in the process of his work.

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