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Almine Rech

Brian Calvin More Days

2 — Jun 26, 2021 | Paris, Matignon

For the safety of our visitors and staff, masks must be worn by all visitors upon entrance and hand sanitiser will be provided at the door and throughout the gallery. Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com The gallery is open from 11 am until 7 pm.

Almine Rech | Paris - Matignon is pleased to present 'More Days', Brian Calvin's fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from June 2 to 26, 2021.

More Days, Brian Calvin’s new exhibition at Almine Rech | Paris - Matignon, presents ten new paintings made especially for the occasion over recent pandemic months. The title inevitably alludes – or so it feels – to the period of forced seclusion we have collectively endured worldwide, a seemingly endless amorphous repetition of sameness in a physical and psychological universe that shrank more and more as time went by.

Yet More Days also refers to the cumulative experience that constitutes Calvin’s practice, where every day brings new discoveries and renewed ways of applying paint to canvas, of envisioning compositions and arranging colors in a lifelong quest to create each work with a fresh perspective. The title also harkens back to Days, one of Calvin’s first major solo shows at the now-defunct Marc Foxx gallery in Los Angeles in 2000, and with it an assessment of the time that has passed in a career that now spans decades and an oeuvre that has necessarily evolved in the process.

- Noëllie Roussel, Art critic and writer

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Selected artworks

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Middle Distance, 2021

    Brian Calvin Middle Distance, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    195.6 x 142.2 cm
    77 x 56 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Twilight Glow, 2021

    Brian Calvin Twilight Glow, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    152.4 x 121.9 cm
    60 x 48 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Close Quarters, 2021

    Brian Calvin Close Quarters, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    142.2 x 213.4 cm
    56 x 84 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Face Paint, 2021

    Brian Calvin Face Paint, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    195.6 x 142.2 cm
    77 x 56 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Bobbi, 2021

    Brian Calvin Bobbi, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    30.5 x 22.9 cm
    12 x 9 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Big Scene, 2021

    Brian Calvin Big Scene, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    137.2 x 101.6 cm
    54 x 40 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Robin, 2021

    Brian Calvin Robin, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    152.4 x 121.9 cm
    60 x 48 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Gasp, 2021

    Brian Calvin Gasp, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    137.2 x 101.6 cm
    54 x 40 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      On Reflection, 2021

    Brian Calvin On Reflection, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    45.7 x 61 cm
    18 x 24 in

  • Brian Calvin,                                      Bonny, 2021

    Brian Calvin Bonny, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    30.5 x 22.9 cm
    12 x 9 in

Videos

  • Brian Calvin - More Days