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Clark Derbes

Very Recent Paintings February 28th – April 11th

Looking at these paintings I’m tossed in time. Fauvist dreams of red cows and orange trees put me in a fever dream where Matisse is lugging his plein air painting down a Vermont rural road to meet André Derain for a Mountain Dew before they trek down to a clearing to paint green skies and yellow clouds at the same time Georges Rouault passes by in a pick up truck and puts an outline around every stick and frond; delirious in my art history, Marsden Hartley shows up and get’s into it while pumping gas with Robert Delaunay—tondos and spirals slugging it out against spirits and illusions. So here these paintings are. Now. Where am I?

Shapescape, 2019, Oil on wood, 22 x 8.5 in
Shapescape, 2019, Oil on wood, 22 x 8.5 in
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK
Chimney Smoke, 2020, Oil on cherry ply, 16 x 43 in
Chimney Smoke, 2020, Oil on cherry ply, 16 x 43 in
Big Tree / Green Sky, 2019, 10.5 x 17 in
Big Tree / Green Sky, 2019, 10.5 x 17 in
Red Horses, 2019, Oil on cherry ply, 14 x 18.5 in
Red Horses, 2019, Oil on cherry ply, 14 x 18.5 in
Compact Disc, 2020, 13 x 12 in
Compact Disc, 2020, 13 x 12 in
Friends Yard, 2019, Oil on cherry ply, 15 x 23 in
Friends Yard, 2019, Oil on cherry ply, 15 x 23 in
Installation view at PLHK
Installation view at PLHK