Hector Leonardi: Chromatic Journey

Opening June 15 and on view through July 15, 2018, The Drawing Room in East Hampton is pleased to present "Hector Leonardi | Chromatic Journey". An illustrated catalog published to accompany the exhibition includes a conversation between Janet Goleas and Hector Leonardi held earlier this year in his Bridgehampton studio.

Highlighting developments in Leonardi’s work over the past decade, the exhibition features paintings that reveal the breadth of abstract imagery the artist achieves through a unique process that combines a sophisticated understanding of color theory with an intuitive approach to composition. The distinctive technique Leonardi developed nearly forty years ago is an additive process that begins when he “harvests” thin strips of dried acrylic paint that accrue from a spectrum of splatters on the surfaces of his large studio tables. Peeled off in varied shapes and segments – some monochromatic and others multicolored – these pigment modules become the building blocks for kaleidoscopic layered paintings. Whether intimate or large in scale, latticed or mosaic-like, each painting has a commanding and mysterious physical presence that invites the viewer to peer into the flickering surface, and then step back to experience its broader expanse.

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