NEW GABRIEL LISTON PAINTINGS GO ON VIEW AT PORTLAND'S FROELICK GALLERY - WE ARE IN LOVE!

Portland, Oregons prestigious Froelick Gallery will be hosting a solo exhibition of new works by Plus Gallery artist Gabriel Liston titled "I Know Who's Drowned - It's Us" from July 19th - September 1st.  Froelick will host a reception for Gabriel on Wednesday, August 1st from 5:30 - 8:00pm.  Our advance viewing has left us completely in love with Liston's new paintings, ones he developed in conjunction with a succeseful kickstarter campaign earlier this year (which hopefully some of our readers might have contributed to).

Gabriel Liston: "You will pay for this"


Froelick Gallery releases the following statement about the exhibition:


I Know Who's Drowned- It's Us aptly borrows its title from a line in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Highly accomplished in a range of techniques, Liston here exhibits oil paintings alongside monotypes and small sealed, primed and painted books which resemble Delft tiles.


An inveterate sketchbook keeper, he works from a large collection of on-site landscape drawings and the recorded activities of his three young daughters and their friends. Translating these sketches in to other media, Liston populates his outdoor settings with children at play- they seem to be engaged in adventures that the viewer is granted only a glimpse of. They are seen leaping in to the air, balancing on logs, peering in to culverts, and adopting the strange poses of their pretend enterprise. Liston's lushly rendered urban waterways, canopied woods and coastal rock formations are templates for his characters' vast imagined realities.

LOOKING FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS? WANT TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY? CONSIDER SHOPPING PLUS GALLERY

One of the absolute misunderstandings within the community of contemporary art is that you can't find a good bargain or even something remarkably well priced at a gallery as established as Plus.  We have a number of excellent recommendations for this years holiday shopping, whether you are looking for someone special on your list or upping the ante on your own with an art investment that will leave you satiated for the rest of your life.  While we always highly recommend considering the Plus Gallery artwork inventory in depth at any time, here are just a few items we think you should take note of for holiday gift-giving and receiving:


Bill Amundson Limited Edition Print

The first of it's kind for both the artist and the gallery, a high-quality print from a master artists presented in conjunction with Bill's current exhibition "Blurred Vision" and supported by Modern in Denver magazine.  Available for $250 each in an edition of 58, numbered and signed by Bill.

New Plus Gallery T-Shirt

Artwork and text from Bill Amundson's  savage and scintillating "Art Speak Remote" will grace this years new Plus Gallery holiday shirt, available in very high-caliber t's silkscreened in three colors in select sizes for both men and the ladies.  This year's design was inspired not only by Bill's artwork but by the opening salvo at his amazing artist talk on November 4th.  Available for pre-order now at $30 or at $35 once they are finished and unveiled at Frank T. Martinez exhibition opening on December 8th.

 








Xi Zhang - Dream Dusts book

Plus Gallery's most recent in-house publication is a tribute to the remarkable career of Xi Zhang.  At just the age of 26 this artist has produced some of the most fascinating and finely-hones bodies of work by any artist we've encountered.  The book looks and feels good, combining a multitude of Zhang's best and most recent works together with select text on the artist including his fascinating 2011 thesis writing.  Available for $100. We might also recommend asking about some of Xi's smaller, most affordable works, just a few are left and available at the gallery.
 
Jenny Morgan - New Frontier

We have exactly 2 more fresh copies of our first Plus Gallery book "New Frontiers" by Jenny Morgan, at a cost of $120.  After these two are gone, they will only be available by special order or direct from blurb.com for $150. A definitive collectors item and essential for all fans of Morgan's work.

Gabriel Liston's "How to draw your family"

A new and exquisite gem arrived at our doorstep recently by one of our favorite painters Gabriel Liston.  His handbound "How to Draw Your Family" is a fun and inspired combination of the artist's loose, magisterial sketches and often misunderstood wit.  We think it's the perfect stocking stuffer and are expecting a small run of copies to be available soon for the holidays.  Cost will be based on how much we like you and/or how badly you want one.  We also suggest considering any and all of the fine paintings from Liston's recent exhibition "Still on the Wrong Side of the Water" presented last july to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Plus Gallery in Denver.  Did we also mention the fine and affordable "Blue Book" tiles by Liston?  Also perfect for stocking or boxed, wrapped and stuck under a tree or two.
 

 










Ideal Woman & Mirror, Mirror Necklaces by Allie Pohl

Absolutely the ideal holiday gift, Allie Pohl has taken her concept of the "Ideal Woman" and developed a multi-tiered strategy for world domination, both as an artist and an icon.  We expect big things from Allie in the near future following her stunning solo exhibition "Mirror, Mirror" earlier this year at Plus Gallery.  We have a small supply of her necklaces, both the Ideal Woman in various colors and formats, as well as the new "Mirror, Mirror" that only the most deserving females can wear.

Plus Gallery gift certificate

Can't decide if that special someone will like that radically innovative new William Betts painting?  Not sure if Bill Amundson's "Eric Cantormoretti" will bring a smile or a frown? Don't make your holiday burden more than it needs to be, consider a Plus Gallery gift certificate in whatever amount you deem worthy, available just like cash and without an expiration date.

Riva Sweetrocket paintings (if you are in Niwot)

A few of Riva Sweetrocket's most recent paintings are currently on view at the Manifest Art Gallery in Niwot, on loan from Plus Gallery for their inaugural exhibition.  Sweetrocket recently left Denver for NYC, a move that we have no doubt will increase her collector base and elevate the level of her career substantially.  As a result, everything left in her inventory is worth consideration now, those prices are unlikely to go anywhere but up from here.  Read a little about her show in last week's report from the Longmont Times:

http://www.timescall.com/lifestyles/entertainment/ci_19349207

GREAT NEW WORKS AT PLUS GALLERY BY RETTIG, MEYER, SWEETROCKET AND LISTON

A number of new gems were brought into Plus Gallery this last week and will be on view for the opening reception this Friday, including an elegant new triptych by Hunt Rettig, a singular small-scale painting by Riva Sweetrocket, a new (and absolutely stunning) new sculpture by Susan Meyer in the vein of "Shaft" but more compact, as well as 7 new blue book tiles by Gabriel Liston that diverge slightly from his regular's in that the skin is stripped away from the figures (ie....they are skeletons), not to mention a handful of super-affordable woodcuts, monotypes on paper and for the first time ever, compact monotypes on board. 

Stop by to see these gems, and the other great works currently on view by Plus Gallery artists.

NEW WORKS BY GABRIEL LISTON NOW AT PLUS GALLERY

Two terrific paintings and a trio of affordable monotypes by Plus Gallery artist Gabriel Liston just arrived last week, making it kind of like Christmas.  Liston also sent along a copy of a short film on him that was shot and produced in conjunction with his recent residency project in Portland, Oregon.  We're trying to figure out how to get the clip online soon, so stay tuned, it's a really thoughtful and well executed work on one of our favorite artists.

One Question Leads to Another

The water gushes again