Bethany Czarnecki: Future Fair
May 4th - May 7th, 2022
On the occasion of Future Fair 2022, Massey Klein Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by Bethany Czarnecki. This is the artist's first fair participation with the gallery. Hosted at Chelsea Industrial, the fair will include a VIP viewing on Wednesday, May 4th and will be open to the public May 5 - 7, 2022. For inquiries regarding the fair including works available, please email info@masseyklein.com.
Bethany Czarnecki’s paintings are an invitation for the viewer to look beneath the layer resting on the surface of the canvas, to all the layers that exist underneath. Metaphorical to the earth, nature, biology, spirituality - a peeling back of strata - encouraging an exploration of what is within that illuminates and supports the final layer resting above.
For this new body of work, Czarnecki expanded her use of light and shadow, a key element in her practice, evoking a dynamic and spiritual quality within the work. Emphasizing the illusionary aspect of her paintings, the artist employed the use of veiled layers, adding greater depth and atmosphere to each composition. Paying close attention to magnifying the "figure" combined with her veiled layers, Czarnecki has created intimate portals within the work, encouraging the viewer to become immersed in the rich environment.
Fed by color, light and shadow play, as well as her swirling forms, these works shift and pulse, they are seductive and elusive.
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Bethany Czarnecki creates abstract paintings that project an atmospheric sense of place while exploring the paradoxes and complexities of the female form and its representation. Her compositions investigate themes of gender, identity, the human psyche and sensuality. Working slowly with oil paint, Czarnecki carves out multiple layers of concentric, biomorphic shapes that radiate chromatic planes. Ranging from opaque color fields to translucent overlays, nested silhouettes bend and bloom as they foster complex relationships within each composition.
Czarnecki has exhibited nationally at galleries and museums, including The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT; Hollis Taggart Fine Art, CT; and Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY. Her work has been reviewed in Two Coats of Paint and is in multiple corporate collections.
Massey Klein Gallery is located at 124 Forsyth St. New York, NY 10002. For questions about works available, please contact info@masseyklein.com or call +1.917.261.4657.
