TOUCH OF GREY
MAY 15 - JUNE 14, 2009
OPENING FRIDAY, MAY 15, 6 - 9 PM
The Journal Gallery
168 North 1st Street, Brooklyn NY 11211
In Touch of Grey, his first solo exhibition at The Journal Gallery, Evan Gruzis takes a vacation from his 'New Wave Noir' style - literally. Inspired by a recent trip to Florida, Touch of Grey is a new selection of ink drawings and paintings that lack the stark silhouettes and graphic contrasts of his previous works. Instead the viewer is taken to a strangely tragic version of Margaritaville through his intimate studies of the Florida landscape and oil paintings based on vignettes of tourist T-shirt designs. The subject matter includes foreclosed homes, sunsets, skulls, tropical birds and fruit, ranging from the simply observational, to an exploration of kitsch.
Evan Gruzis is represented by Deitch Projects
Deitch Projects
76 Grand Street
New York, NY 10013
212.343.7300
