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Stems Gallery is pleased to present Credenza, an exhibition of new paintings by Paul Rouphail for his third solo- presentation with the gallery.
Credenza, an 18th-century Italian word meaning “belief” refers to the room or sideboard table in a wealthy home in which servants were made to sample prepared food for evidence of poison prior to serving it to their noble patrons. Rouphail’s paintings make reference to the double meaning of the word as both a design object now common in middle-class homes and as a testament to faith and fidelity.
Credenzas appears in four of the artist’s largest oil paintings. Two of such works depict a modest interior with a framed reproduction of Rembrandt’s Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem. The Dutch artist’s 17th century painting foregrounds a forlorn Jeremiah ensconced in a cave grieving the destruction of the biblical city, which burns in the background. Rouphail’s paintings situate Jeremiah centrally above the depicted credenza,…
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Stems Gallery is pleased to present Credenza, an exhibition of new paintings by Paul Rouphail for his third solo- presentation with the gallery.
Credenza, an 18th-century Italian word meaning “belief” refers to the room or sideboard table in a wealthy home in which servants were made to sample prepared food for evidence of poison prior to serving it to their noble patrons. Rouphail’s paintings make reference to the double meaning of the word as both a design object now common in middle-class homes and as a testament to faith and fidelity.
Credenzas appears in four of the artist’s largest oil paintings. Two of such works depict a modest interior with a framed reproduction of Rembrandt’s Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem. The Dutch artist’s 17th century painting foregrounds a forlorn Jeremiah ensconced in a cave grieving the destruction of the biblical city, which burns in the background. Rouphail’s paintings situate Jeremiah centrally above the depicted credenza,…
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