#rupertdeese

Thanks to @nancyhoffmangallery for posting this beautiful work by Rupert Deese, including “Array 1000/Dark Blue”, a woodcut printed in an edition of 15. Published in 2011 by Manneken Press. 45”x45”. ・・・ "So much that is beautiful in the world is circular or round in its form. So much that comes into being by growing, bursting, splashing, exploding, blooming, radiating or expanding manifests -- if part of a surface -- as a circle. The natural world is abundant with circles. Observing these circles in the world, each eye with its circular lens apprehends the world in circular units. In circle-shaped paintings, configured for a domestic scale, I have sought to catch some of the beauty of the rhythms, curves and pitches of a lively river valley. These valley shapes are inherently pleasing; wave-like shapes of rivers and mountains are pleasant and beautiful. These tiled tondo shapes seek not to describe but to rhyme with their source material." -- Rupert Deese . #circularartwork #contemporaryartist #contemporarygallery #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #printmaking #oilpainting #oilonplywood #woodcutprint #waves #landscape #sierranevada #mercedriver #tuolumneriver #adaagalleries #circle @the_adaa @artsy @rupertdeese #rupertdeese #mannekenpress #woodcut #limitededition #collectprints #array #tondo #artcollector #artconsultant (at Manneken Press LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSa_QqlX2d/?igshid=1h5dfigl27yto

Manneken Press presents woodcuts by Rupert Deese at the NY Satellite Print Fair. These are three from “Array”, a suite of 20 tondo woodcuts that are meditations on the landscape and watersheds of the Merced and Tuolumne rivers in CA, an area beloved by the artist which has inspired much of his artistic output. • • • “Array700/Green”, 2005. 700mm diameter/33”x33”. Edition of 20. “Array1000/Dark Blue”, 2012. 1000mm diameter/45”x45”. Edition of 15. ”Array500/Orange”, 2006. 500mm diameter/24.5”x24.5”. Edition of 20. Published by Manneken Press. #rupertdeese #mercedandtuolumnerivers #array #woodcut #limitededition #collectprints #mannekenpress #nysatelliteprintfair #tondo #archescover #fabrianoartistico @printfairsusa (at Manneken Press LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGk2s9cFJhL/?igshid=1qwe4vorg5v6w

“Rivers & Mountains”, ten new painted paper editions by Rupert Deese are now available from Manneken Press: http://mannekenpress.com/artists-3/rupert-deese-page/rupert-deese-rivers-mountains-grid/ . . #riversandmountains #rupertdeese #limitededition #paperworks #mannekenpress #fabrianoartistico #archesmbm #sierranevada #kernriver #tuolumneriver #mercedriver #goldenacrylics #collectprints #artsy (at Manneken Press) https://www.instagram.com/mannekenpress/p/BvyxhoYF_Mu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oouv9x0qmfyf

Rupert Deese’s suite of ten painted-paper editions are collectively titled “Rivers & Mountains”. These works extend the artist’s study of the shapes and colors found in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range. Each work consists of painted paper, cut precisely to shape and assembled in pairs of colors, which are bonded to sheets of heavy Fabriano Artistico paper. Each pure, intense color and its pairing are carefully considered, and the artist’s hand is evident in the subtle textures and brush marks in the otherwise pristine surfaces. The edges of the cut paper are breathtakingly crisp, allowing each color to hold forth, and this stark transition between the colors intensifies their interaction. While essentially abstract, these works have a close relationship to the landscapes and watersheds of California’s upper Merced, Tuolumne and Kern Rivers, distinct alpine areas beloved by the artist, which have inspired much of his artistic output. Rivers & Mountains transfer the contours and colors of the landscape into forms that are corollary presences: companions to the rivers and mountains, not pictures of them, and can be seen as a continued meditation on the configuration of this geography. Each piece is 14” x 41”, printed in editions of six. Published and available from Manneken Press • • • #rupertdeese #riversandmountains #worksonpaper #papermultiple #limitededition #colorpairing #sierranevada #horizontal #fabrianoartistico #mannekenpress #clevelandprintfair #expochicago #eabfair (at Manneken Press LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CROYDx7FR-J/?utm_medium=tumblr

E/AB Fair outtakes. #rupertdeese @jll.moser @catherineahowe @eabfair (at NYC-Chelsea) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dSoSiF7QG/?igshid=1ciyd532r1yqx

E/AB Fair continues today until 5:00 pm. #wegotart #wegotprints @catherineahowe @jll.moser @sarahsmelser #rupertdeese @jonathiggins (at Editions/Artists' Books Fair) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ILLNlFX_m/?igshid=1d0hhtnhoo6zq

“Rivers & Mountains”, ten new painted paper editions by Rupert Deese are now available from Manneken Press: http://mannekenpress.com/artists-3/rupert-deese-page/rupert-deese-rivers-mountains-grid/ . . #riversandmountains #rupertdeese #limitededition #paperworks #mannekenpress #fabrianoartistico #archesmbm #sierranevada #kernriver #tuolumneriver #mercedriver #goldenacrylics #collectprints #artsy (at Manneken Press) https://www.instagram.com/mannekenpress/p/BvtsxxlFQqB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bt1dfbfkpiqh

Rupert Deese is at Manneken Press today, signing his “Rivers & Mountains” painted paper multiples. Watch for the official release of these editions in a few days. #rupertdeese #riversandmountains #multiples #limitededition #paperworks #collage #fabrianoartistico #archesmbm #mannekenpress (at Manneken Press) https://www.instagram.com/mannekenpress/p/BvSI8zTF3NH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ltg5ec94v0hb