On October 5th the exhibition featuring all new work from artists Daniel Anselmi and Todd Murphy arrived at the Hidell Brooks Gallery. This exhibition is the one of the last exhibitions for the gallery for the year and we were very excited to see the latest work by both artists.
Todd’s work clearly showed his love for nature and many of the pieces in the exhibition featured intricate layers. When it came ‘dresses’ that Todd created, which are a combination of mixed media painting, archival pigment print & found objects, it was hard to choose a favorite.
Daniel Anselmi’s work which we saw for the first time at the galleries 20th Anniversary exhibition featured a combination of textures, form, line and color. I really love how the artist uses found materials and gives them a new life in his work. Continue reading to find out which painting of Daniel’s was my favorite!
Todd Murphy | From Here to There
Todd Murphy was born in Chicago and moved to Georgia as a child. After studying art at the University of Georgia, he began his artistic career in Atlanta. For more than three decades, Todd Murphy has explored a practice that combines sculpture, painting and photography. With the inquisitiveness of a 19th century naturalist, Murphy has traveled to the far reaches of the world, collecting, photographing, and fastidiously cataloging everything from melting glaciers, to aviary species, to exotic fruit. His photographic studies of curiosities become sources for complex narratives based on philosophy, mythology, and the supernatural. – Hidell Brooks
The Swan Portrait (which was already sold) was one of Katharine Hidell Thomas’ favorites from the show.
First Stag
Stag in the Woods will be heading off to a home in Jackson Hole, WY.
scarlett ibis portrait
stag with scarlet leaves
bird room // white herron portrait
We were very curious about the how Todd creates one of these pieces and Katharine explained the ‘layering’ process for the Regatta piece above (which does have an actual model sail boat inside!)
Regatta (explained)
- Photograph
- A layer of paint
- Adds material
- The sail boat (in this case, in others there are twigs, or muslin etc)
- Plexi glass layer
- Another layer of paint over that.
rose dress // regatta
tall pines
totem
Daniel Anselmi | A Way of Painting
My works on paper and canvas explore the use of paper as an ongoing dialogue between painting and collage. I use painted paper as one would handle a brush to elicit brushstrokes on canvas. never using the new, I enjoy the felt quality of the discarded: blueprints, old ledgers, chart papers, and used canvas dropcloths are materials that offer an aesthetic conversation with my work. The paint I apply to these various materials, whether in large cut pieces or intimate fragments, and affix to already created surfaces, offers countless opportunities to express color, line, and form. Though sourced materials are not intended to be recognizable in these abstractions, sometimes surface traces remain that become a moment of discovery for the discriminating viewer. – Daniel Anselmi
We were very excited to see the largest body of Daniel Anselmi’s work in this show titled, A Way of Painting. I had the honor of interviewing Daniel prior to the exhibition and you can check out the interview post here.
I really enjoyed the shapes, color schemes and overall feel of Daniel’s pieces in the exhibition and if I had to pick a personal favorite it would be the armature iii 2018.
armature iii 2018
untitled (2-15) 2018
untitled (4-30) 2018
untitled (4-10) red 2018
The exhibition is on view through the 27th of October, so if you’re in the Charlotte area I would definitely pop in the gallery to see the paintings for yourself. The final exhibition of the year featuring work by Herb Jackson titled, Across Time opens on 11/2 and features work from various years throughout the artists career.
I like that Stag in the Woods painting