July 26 - September 6, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, July 26, 4-6 pm
Catharine Clark Gallery presents Cloverleaf, an exhibition of new work by Timothy Cummings. This will be the first view of Cummings's work in our newly renovated gallery space. The exhibit consists of paintings on wood panel and is driven by the artist's relocation to the place of his birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico. This recent move, as well as the artist's 2013 residency in Sao Paulo, Brazil have spurred Cummings's exploration of dualities-insider/outsider, self/other, the collision of nostalgia and the present. Growing up as a "young gay" in New Mexico, and throughout his formative adult years spent in San Francisco, Cummings always knew he would return home. Though his geographical journey has come full circle, his exploration of children and adolescents struggling with issues of sexuality in an adult world continues.
Cummings derives inspiration from the Northern European master painters-especially Hans Memling. On a visit to the Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo during his residency, Cummings stumbled upon Memling's original The Mourning Virgin With St. John the Baptist and the Pious Women of Galilee, a painting he has been obsessed with for years. Cummings visited the painting over 30 times during his stay in Brazil. The moody, androgynous faces of these women play a major role in the work for this exhibition. While many of these paintings are of the same small, intimate scale in which he typically works, Cummings's move to New Mexico has expanded his studio space to accommodate the creation of a few larger pieces atypical in the artist's repertoire. This current body of work belies Timothy Cummings's lack of formal training and speaks to his life-long discipline and dedication to observation as a tool for realizing his craft.
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