'Oh my, a Pie', recent paintings by Christian Spruell October 17, 2008

"Oh My, a Pie"
recent paintings by
Christian Spruell

Exhibition: October 17-November 15, 2008
Reception: Friday, October 17, 2008, 6-8pm
Bucheon is proudly presenting "Oh My, a Pie" the paintings of Christian Spruell, opening Friday October 17, 2008, with a reception for the artist from 6pm until 8pm.

This will be the fourth exhibition for Christian at the gallery with his first show shortly after he graduated from San Francisco Art Institute. Christian has stayed true to his passion and continues to make challenging and moving work without gimmicks or following the current trends. His painting has been reviewed in Art in America, Artweek, and multiple periodicals who note his technical skill and mastery of color.

Christian describes the show as a haphazard intentional display of whimsical grit. In the most recent chapter of paintings, the artist returns to the figurative form in brut fashion. "Oh My, a Pie" is a series of paintings that are an absurdist construction of subtle and humorous details presented like a bull wandering through a porcelain forest. Influences range from early folk art and South American graffiti to the work of Jean Dubuffet and Diane Arbus. Each painting is a paint lover's event in which each picture tells a story of tragedy, humor, irony, leisure and the observation of perverse privacy.

No charge.

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