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Artist: Darrell Roberts
Show: LUSCIOUS
About the Show
Location: Hyde Park Art Center
Gallery 4
5020 South Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
Dates: January 21 – March 27, 2007
Artist Reception: Sunday, Feb.4 3-5pm
Gallery Hours: M– Th: 10am – 8pm; F – Sat: 10am – 5pm; Sunday: 12pm – 5pm
URL: www.hydeparkart.org
Luscious uses the vibrant and gestural language of abstract painting to document an ever-changing cityscape. Thick strokes of color work as layers that Roberts either reveals or conceals, depicting new constructions being built over the old foundations of Roberts’s home city, Chicago.
The extreme textures, fluid forms and bold colors appeal to more than just the eye. The paintings, inspired by Roberts photographs of city parks, gardens and undeveloped building sites, appeals to a wide range of the senses as the viewer examines the paint in its multilayered state. By abstracting Chicago’s cityscape, Roberts captures the “luscious” qualities of a pulsing city that is constantly reinventing itself.
Darrel Roberts received a BFA and MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and is a returning faculty member at the Hyde Park Art Center. He has exhibited extensively in the Chicago area and has been featured in the local media.
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