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ACA Galleries is delighted to present Augustus Francis: Materia Prima, his debut solo exhibition in New York City. Featuring two new bodies of work that embrace the contradictions and dualities inherent to his practice. The Oltremarino series of paintings rooted in blues, created primarily in the English countryside, are characterized by jewel-like tones, flowing compositions with earthy striations and airy expanses of color. Alternately the New York series incorporate vibrant reds and fluorescent pigments that recurs in flows, drips, and wax accretions evoke the metropolitan energy and neon billboards of his new urban environment.
The exhibition title, Materia Prima, refers to a central tenet of alchemy. M_ateria prima_ is a universal starting point, the essential chaotic matter from which all else is formed. For Francis, alchemy is a useful analog for his interest in a universal, primal source of creativity and subject matter. Rather than pursuing an elixir of life, Francis sees…
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ACA Galleries is delighted to present Augustus Francis: Materia Prima, his debut solo exhibition in New York City. Featuring two new bodies of work that embrace the contradictions and dualities inherent to his practice. The Oltremarino series of paintings rooted in blues, created primarily in the English countryside, are characterized by jewel-like tones, flowing compositions with earthy striations and airy expanses of color. Alternately the New York series incorporate vibrant reds and fluorescent pigments that recurs in flows, drips, and wax accretions evoke the metropolitan energy and neon billboards of his new urban environment.
The exhibition title, Materia Prima, refers to a central tenet of alchemy. M_ateria prima_ is a universal starting point, the essential chaotic matter from which all else is formed. For Francis, alchemy is a useful analog for his interest in a universal, primal source of creativity and subject matter. Rather than pursuing an elixir of life, Francis sees…
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