Ray Beldner: Beautiful Freak
Bridgette Mayer Gallery is thrilled to announce Beautiful Freak, an exhibition by gallery artist Ray Beldner and his first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will feature new and recent sculptural collages which are made on laser-cut wood forms, inhabiting the space between two and three dimensions. In addition, the Vault will feature charcoal drawings by Allen Bentley, from his beloved dancer series, titled: To Dance All Night. Beautiful Freak and To Dance All Night will be on view from Tuesday, February 4 to Saturday, March 22 at Bridgette Mayer Gallery. On Friday, February 7th, there will be an artist reception & happy hour from 5:00 鈥� 7:30pm at the gallery.
Beldner takes fragmented images torn from art history books, auction catalogs, and art magazines to create his sculptural collages. Inspired by modernist sculptors like Henry Moore and Jean Arp, the works challenge traditional notions of collage as it is not inherently clear that the viewer is looking at paper. The work possesses a distinct sculptural quality that plays with and obscures the figure-ground relationships. Recently Beldner has transitioned from a more conceptual driven process to a more intuitive approach, stating:
I now let materials and forms guide the work. My small layered constructions have grown into large-scale assemblages and freestanding sculptures, driven by an organic exploration of form rather than predetermined concepts.
By deconstructing and reimagining art historical imagery, these pieces create a dialogue with the past while charting new territory. The process is simultaneously destructive and generative鈥� tearing apart art books to create entirely new forms that both honor and transform the canon.
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Bridgette Mayer Gallery is thrilled to announce Beautiful Freak, an exhibition by gallery artist Ray Beldner and his first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will feature new and recent sculptural collages which are made on laser-cut wood forms, inhabiting the space between two and three dimensions. In addition, the Vault will feature charcoal drawings by Allen Bentley, from his beloved dancer series, titled: To Dance All Night. Beautiful Freak and To Dance All Night will be on view from Tuesday, February 4 to Saturday, March 22 at Bridgette Mayer Gallery. On Friday, February 7th, there will be an artist reception & happy hour from 5:00 鈥� 7:30pm at the gallery.
Beldner takes fragmented images torn from art history books, auction catalogs, and art magazines to create his sculptural collages. Inspired by modernist sculptors like Henry Moore and Jean Arp, the works challenge traditional notions of collage as it is not inherently clear that the viewer is looking at paper. The work possesses a distinct sculptural quality that plays with and obscures the figure-ground relationships. Recently Beldner has transitioned from a more conceptual driven process to a more intuitive approach, stating:
I now let materials and forms guide the work. My small layered constructions have grown into large-scale assemblages and freestanding sculptures, driven by an organic exploration of form rather than predetermined concepts.
By deconstructing and reimagining art historical imagery, these pieces create a dialogue with the past while charting new territory. The process is simultaneously destructive and generative鈥� tearing apart art books to create entirely new forms that both honor and transform the canon.
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