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Almine Rech

Brian Calvin Crosstalk

Oct 27 — Dec 2, 2023 | Shanghai

Almine Rech Shanghai is pleased to announce Brian Calvin's eighth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from October 27 to December 2, 2023.

There are flatly colorful shapes, arranged just so and glossed with a highlight here and there, and we call it a girl—or many girls. She appears at different stages of life. She is becoming a woman, growing and maturing, changing before our eyes. In one painting, the parts of her face turn and point in different directions. Brian Calvin’s figures are in some kind of flux, oscillating between profile and frontal views, breaking open flat like a dismantled box. Small areas of dazzling dots and dashes encode the twinkle of an inner life, maybe a sadness, a moment of activity contained within herself and sheltered behind the sturdy graphic wall of composition. As we absorb her, face to face, she also slips away, temporarily elsewhere, in a touch-and-go relation with concreteness of form, line, and hue.

— Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, art writer and curator

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Selected artworks

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Elsewhere, 2023

    Brian Calvin Elsewhere, 2023

    Acrylic on linen
    30.5 x 22.9 cm
    12 x 9 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Power Trio, 2023

    Brian Calvin Power Trio, 2023

    Acrylic on linen
    49.5 x 40 cm
    19 1/2 x 15 3/4 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Past Addresses, 2023

    Brian Calvin Past Addresses, 2023

    Acrylic on linen
    61 x 48.3 cm
    24 x 19 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Crosstalk, 2023

    Brian Calvin Crosstalk, 2023

    Acrylic on linen
    76.2 x 61 cm
    30 x 24 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Bright Eyes, 2023

    Brian Calvin Bright Eyes, 2023

    Acrylic on canvas
    diameter 152.4 cm
    diameter 60 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Moving Forward, 2023

    Brian Calvin Moving Forward, 2023

    Acrylic on canvas
    177.8 x 142.2 cm
    70 x 56 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Summer Bloom, 2023

    Brian Calvin Summer Bloom, 2023

    Acrylic on panel
    76.2 x 101.6 cm
    30 x 40 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Congregation, 2023

    Brian Calvin Congregation, 2023

    Acrylic on canvas
    142.2 x 213.4 cm
    56 x 84 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Shady Grove, 2023

    Brian Calvin Shady Grove, 2023

    Acrylic on canvas
    101.6 x 127 cm
    40 x 50 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Narrow Passage, 2023

    Brian Calvin Narrow Passage, 2023

    Acrylic on canvas
    195.6 x 142.2 cm
    77 x 56 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Still Sunny, 2023

    Brian Calvin Still Sunny, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    19.7 x 17.8 cm
    7 3/4 x 7 in
    33 x 31.2 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    13 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/4 in (framed)

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Walk On By, 2023

    Brian Calvin Walk On By, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    29.2 x 21 cm
    11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in
    43 x 34 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    17 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/4 in (framed)

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Here and Not Here, 2023

    Brian Calvin Here and Not Here, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    18.4 x 14.6 cm
    7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in
    28 x 32 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    11 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/2 in (framed)

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Taking Up Space, 2023

    Brian Calvin Taking Up Space, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    22.9 x 16.5 cm
    9 x 6 1/2 in
    36 x 30 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    14 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/4 in (framed)

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Semi Formal, 2023

    Brian Calvin Semi Formal, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    20.3 x 27.9 cm
    8 x 11 in
    33.5 x 41.5 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    13 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/4 in (framed)

  • Brian Calvin,                                      The Way Through, 2023

    Brian Calvin The Way Through, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    27.9 x 17.8 cm
    11 x 7 in
    41.5 x 31.5 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    16 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/4 in (framed)

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Family Likeness, 2023

    Brian Calvin Family Likeness, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    55.9 x 38.1 cm
    22 x 15 in
    69.7 x 51.6 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    27 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/4 in (framed)

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Setting Sun, 2023

    Brian Calvin Setting Sun, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    50.8 x 41.9 cm
    20 x 16 1/2 in
    64.3 x 55.5 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    25 1/4 x 21 3/4 x 1 1/4 in (framed)

  • Brian Calvin,                                      BC-Pointer, 2023

    Brian Calvin BC-Pointer, 2023

    Pastel on paper
    59.1 x 41.9 cm
    23 1/4 x 16 1/2 in
    72.7 x 55.4 x 3.4 cm (framed)
    28 1/2 x 21 3/4 x 1 1/4 in (framed)

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