Chris Liberti
Around the House
Exhibition:
Friday, October 21, 2016-Saturday, November 19, 2016
Artist's statement:
I’m attempting to create an image that can stand on its own, one that produces movement in stillness by way of composition, color and material. Through introspection, self scrutiny and engaging all obstacles with an honest response I try to capture an inexplicable sensation. The history of the surface reveals change, until it finds a place where it can be content. A painting can never be what you want it to be, it can only be what it needs to become.
In an interview with John Seed of the
Huffington Post, Liberti said looking at Diebenkorn’s works, and studying their compositions has been very important and goes further to say:
Inclined to work and rework his surfaces, Liberti is
“rarely satisfied” until an image has gone through many transformations and variations.
“I have a problem deciding when things are finished,” he admits.
“I’m never truly happy.” For a painting to feel
“right” enough to call it finished, he needs it to at least come together in a way that is strong and original enough to emanate a certain range of possibilities:
“If I can get into a piece and get into that ‘space’, someone else will feel that same way. I’m not looking for a specific feeling.”
In his best works Chris Liberti brings together abstraction and representation in a way that allows beautiful tensions and artistic paradoxes to co-exist. He plays the organic off of the geometric, sets transparency next to opacity, and contrasts depth with flatness. His finished works are balancing acts that demonstrate just how thoughtfully and methodically he has struggled to maintain those tensions.
“Painting is simple but complicated,” Liberti says:
“I like to keep it that way.”
• All image dimensions are in inches, height precedes width.
• All works are titled and signed by the artist.
• Additional works by Chris Liberti are available through Meibohm Fine Arts.
• Artist’s website: chrisliberti.com
Please contact the gallery concerning availability of works from past exhibits.
Catalog of Exhibition:
1.
Table and Chairs
24 x 18, oil on canvas, 2016
2000.00 (sold)
2.
Buffalo
18 x 24, oil on canvas, 2016
2100.00 (sold)
3.
Still Life with Fruit
10 x 8, oil on canvas, 2016
800.00
4.
Coffee and Tea
12 x 16, oil on panel, 2016
1100.00
5.
Black Chair
30 x 30, oil on canvas, 2016
3000.00 (sold)
6.
Lemon Water
18 x 24, oil on panel, 2016
1900.00
7.
Table with Vase
18 x 24, oil on panel, 2016
1900.00
8.
Bethlehem Steel
12 x 12, oil on canvas, 2016
1200.00 (sold)
9.
Pool
20 x 16, oil on panel, 2016
1500.00
10.
G-Pear
20 x 16, oil on panel, 2016
1500.00 (sold)
11.
Soap Bowl
16 x 20, oil on canvas, 2016
1500.00
12.
Another Sink
28 x 30, oil on panel, 2016
2900.00
13.
Sink II
14 x 18, oil on canvas, 2015
1300.00
14.
Saturday
12 x 12, oil on panel, 2016
1100.00
15.
Piano
12 x 12, oil on panel, 2016
1100.00 (sold)
16.
Backyard
40 x 36, oil on panel, 2016
3500.00 (sold)
17.
Cher’s House
24 x 30, oil on canvas, 2016
2500.00
18.
Green Light
14 x 11, oil on canvas, 2016
1200.00
19.
Backyard with Beachball
14 x 11, oil on canvas, 2015
1100.00
20.
Coffee Cup
14 x 11, oil on canvas, 2016
1100.00 (sold)
21.
Autumn II
9 x 12, oil on canvas, 2015
900.00 (sold)
22.
Autumn
11 x 14, oil on canvas, 2016
1200.00 (sold)
23.
Produce Stand
18 x 24, oil on canvas, 2015
2000.00 (sold)
24.
After the Rain
11 x 14, oil on canvas, 2015
1200.00 (sold)
25.
Into the Trees
11 x 14, oil on canvas, 2016
1200.00
26.
Row of Houses
24 x 30, collage, 2016
2400.00 (sold)
27.
Paris View
18 x 18, collage, 2016
2000.00
28.
Grant Street
16 x 20, collage, 2016
1500.00
29.
Scissors
16 x 16, oil on panel, 2016
1400.00
30.
Three Places
22 x 28, oil on canvas, 2016
2300.00
