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Deborah Buck
What's Inside
March 22-May 5, 2012

We are pleased to announce our first exhibition of recent acrylic paintings on paper by Deborah Buck. The exhibition corresponds with a survey show of her work at the Garrison Art Center (April 7 to May 6th, Inside Out) . An illustrated catalog with an essay by Lilly Wei is being published in conjunction with both shows. Copies are available to the press on request.

The title of our show refers to the centralized forms, which are the “subject” of her paintings; wrapped objects at the same time very anthropomorphic that are both inviting and slightly sinister. Her vocabulary of form is distinctive and grows out of organic surrealism. The push and pull between attraction and repulsion in Buck’s forms Wei suggests is “about decay, about past present and future states, a comic book Pop Surreal version of the theme of vanitas.” The combination of rich colors (burgundy and turquoise), deep tones and the occasional glitter also add to the dark but playful allure of her work.

Wei suggests “there is a remarkable continuity in Buck’s output, in her wrapped ripening, morphing shapes with their inner secrets.” She also suggests that the development of the image is almost sculptural with the drawing moving towards painting in a layering process from which the final form emerges.

Buck has been painting since her youth and after befriending Clyfford Still she was a resident of Skowhegan at the age of 18. She also has involved herself with design, collecting and selling antiques, and teaching (at SVA). Buck’s energy is barely contained by her paintings.

DEBORAH BUCK
WHAT'S INSIDE
MARCH 22-MAY 5, 2012

Happy Sphere, 2011
acrylic and pastel on paper
21 1/2 x 29 1/2"

Shelf-Life, 2010
acrylic, glitter, and pastel on paper
21 1/2 x 29 1/2"

Petals, 2005
acrylic, glitter, and pastel on paper
21 1/2 x 29 1/2"

Black and White, 2011
acrylic and glitter on paper
21 1/2 x 29 1/2"

Balloon, 2011
acrylic and pastel on paper
21 1/2 x 29 1/2"

Istanbul, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on paper
21 1/2 x 29 1/2"

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