Danny Rolph: Painted on the Sky

Barbara Davis Gallery is pleased to announce a new solo-exhibition by London-based artist Danny Rolph entitled Painted on the Sky, opening Friday, September 9, 2016 with an artist reception from 6:00 – 8:00pm. This exhibition is on view through October 8, 2016.

In his exhibition, Painted on the Sky, London-based artist Danny Rolph presents a new body of work on canvas made over the last two years.

In this show, titled after the line in John Denver’s “Take me Home, Country Roads”, Rolph continues to use the sky as a backdrop on which to project his particular vocabulary of signs – a matrix of things, spaces, attitudes and future forms. His painted sky is a sensationalized space in which these events unfold.

In these paintings, the physicality is experienced as a manifestation of the absent author. Investing form and colors with charm, conviction and wonder; Rolph’s ability to thwart expectation, jamming the gears of orthodox appraisal, enables the artist to take another step forward.

About the artist:

Danny Rolph is an internationally renowned artist living in London with a MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art and is best known for his multi-layered triplewall and canvas paintings. His paintings construct their grammar of signs through material engagement and unprincipled investigations into the history of the ‘pictorial’, locating endless questions with attitude and visual dexterity.

Recent solo exhibitions include “Recollection”, 532gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York (2015), “Paradiso”, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston (2014), “Atelier”, E.S.A.D, Valence, France (2013).

Rolph’s work is in many private and public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Tate gallery, London. He recently completed a large installation for Facebook HQ and is visiting Professor in Fine Art at Bucks New University.

Pictured: Danny Rolph, Bedford, 2016, arcrylic on canvas, 44 x 40 inches.