Crested
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
October 2018
PRESS RELEASE
Jack Fischer Gallery is pleased to present crested, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn based artist Ky Anderson. Showing for the first time at the gallery, Anderson will exhibit a series of recent abstract paintings and drawings. Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, September 15, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at our Potrero location. The exhibition will be up through October 27, 2018.
Andersonʼs love of color and composition shows up in her work in such a way that we know instantly, as if by signature, that this is undoubtedly her voice and hand. Her palette alternates between warm yellows and browns to cooler blues, greens and grays. The overall effect of her paintings is a feeling of calmness and gratitude, a pervasive feeling of having entered a private, personal, and nurturing space. As the artist states: “My paintings and works on paper tell moments of an internal story. Each painting stands as evidence of the search, exploration and endless possibilities of shape, line and color which feed the conversation until a balance has been found.”
Many of her works contain solid shapes and arcing lines of different colors that seem to support or balance these structures. Chance and spontaneity are apparent with drips and splatters of paint. This lends the work immediacy and a lovely manner that makes us feel privy to the work of discovery.
About the artist:
Andersonʼs paintings and works on paper have been exhibited in the US, Canada and Europe in solo and group shows, with recent solo exhibitions at Matteawan Gallery in Beacon, NY and Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO. She is a founding member of PAPER GIANTS, an art collective with an exhibition record of showing large-scale works on paper. Her work has been shown at public institutions including The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland Park, KS) and Moore College of Art (Philadelphia, PA). She is represented by Kathryn Markel Fine Arts (New York, NY), Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art (Kansas City, MO), Zeitgeist (Nashville, TN) and Republic Gallery (Vancouver, CA). Anderson was born and raised in Kansas City, and received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. Anderson lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.