George Nick: New Paintings
On View: October 6 – November 4, 2023
Reception: Friday, October 6, 5 – 7pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 21, 1pm
“George Nick (b. 1927) in his 15th solo exhibition at Gallery NAGA, offers a small selection of heavily meditated studio paintings. Once known for his dogmatic insistence of painting each inch of his canvas on site, Nick now produces his paintings from the comfort of his studio.
Included in the array are two condensed quarry landscapes based on photographs Nick took a couple years ago. They are chock-full shades of grays and browns, punctuated by a bright blue sky. The surface is chunky and complex, revealing time spent working and reworking.
Part of Nick’s virtuoso is his ability to make even the most banal objects interesting. A single folded white napkin nestled against a half-drunk cup of tea makes for one painting while an upside-down duckbill hat holding a medical mask makes another. Nick reveals his masterly command of paint challenging the viewer as if he’s asking, “just dare me.”
- Meg White, “New Paintings” Press Release
George Nick
Blurring the line between realism and expressionism, Nick has described his painting style as intuitive and inventive.
Nick's work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., among many others.
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