Recent Paintings

A.I.R. Gallery is pleased to announce Recent Paintings an exhibition of new work by A.I.R. Alumna Artist Ivy Dachman. The exhibition presents a selection of work that walk the line between deliberation and spontaneity.  

Working in accordance with a self-determined and evolving set of parameters—primary among these, the use of pentimenti to develop the compositions—the artist allows the compositions to materialize with immediacy, experimentation, and improvisation. 

Dachman begins by painting the canvas with a vibrant wash of oil and wax, then expands the depth of field with surface drawing and further washes. As Dachman builds and rebuilds the composition, the colors gradually transmute, contrasting in light washes of organic color and saturated layers of toxic accumulation.

Insisting on the extended gaze of the viewer, these paintings demand time to unfold and slowly reveal their inner workings. Opening through multiple points of entry, the paintings are both arresting and meditative; given time the eye moves through and across a space that is not knowable but always generous in its offering.