FALL PAINTINGS - Ryan Nord Kitchen -Galerie John Ferrère
FALL PAINTINGS

Ryan Nord Kitchen

December 14, 2021 – January 22, 2022
18 rue Dauphine, Paris 6

Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Works entitled "Cold River," "Fall Afternoon," "Windy Berm,"and "Early Freeze."
Ryan Nord Kitchen, Fall Paintings Exhibition, 2021, galerie l’inlassable, photo © Gregory Copitet

Following the 2015 exhibition Summer Paintings at Terrault Contemporary in Baltimore, and the 2016 exhibition Winter Paintings at Nicelle Beauchene in New York City, Fall Paintings continue Kitchen’s investigation into the act of perception as it relates to lived experience.

At once neither pictorial artifacts of a landscape, nor purely formal experiments, Kitchen plays with and encourages apparently simple gestural marks into intimations of recognizable landscape objects. Kitchen has spent nearly a decade concerned with manipulating traditional painting concepts in the service of exploring the experience of perception as it shifts with time and prior knowledge.

A circle may appear as the sun while lightly dry-brushed strokes may become a cold breeze. While a horizon line drifts into focus, a patch of unpainted linen pulls the painting back to a static and physical object in front of the viewer.

These paintings reward a close and unhurried examination. They are a celebration of the rhythm and the passage of time.

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Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Works entitled "Cold River," "Fall Afternoon," "Windy Berm,"and "Early Freeze."

Après l’exposition en 2015 Summer Paintings chez Terrault Contemporary à Baltimore, et l’exposition en 2016 Winter Paintings chez Nicelle Beauchene à New York, Fall Paintings poursuit l’investigation de Kitchen sur l’acte de la perception en lien avec les expériences vécues.

Sans être des artefacts picturaux d’un paysage, ni des expériences purement formelles, Kitchen se plait à jouer avec des marques gestuelles apparemment simples pour les transformer en des objets paysagers reconnaissables. Kitchen a passé près d’une décennie à manipuler les concepts traditionnels de la peinture afin d’explorer l’expérience de la perception telle qu’elle évolue avec le temps et les connaissances existantes.

Un cercle peut apparaître sous la forme d’un soleil, et des traits légèrement brossés à sec peuvent devenir une légère brise. Tandis qu’une ligne d’horizon dérive vers la mise au point, une parcelle de lin non peinte ramène la peinture à un objet statique et physique devant le spectateur.

Ces peintures exigent un examen attentif et sans précipitation. Elles sont une célébration du rythme et du passage du temps.

Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable.
Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Work entitled "Leaves Along the River."

Ryan Nord Kitchen, Early Freeze, 2021, oil on Canvas, 61 x 53 cm (23.79 x 20.67 in)

Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Works entitled "Cold River," "Fall Afternoon," "Windy Berm,"and "Early Freeze."
Ryan Nord Kitchen, Early Freeze, 2021, oil on Canvas, 61 x 53 cm (23.79 x 20.67 in)

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Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Work entitled "Fall Afternoon."
Ryan Nord Kitchen, Fall Afternoon, 2021, oil on Canvas, 61 x 53 cm (23.79 x 20.67 in)

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Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Work entitled "Leaves Along the River."
Ryan Nord Kitchen, Leaves Along the River, 2021, oil on Canvas, 61 x 53 cm (23.79 x 20.67 in)

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Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Work entitled "Windy Berm."
Ryan Nord Kitchen, Windy Berm, 2021, oil on Canvas, 61 x 53 cm (23.79 x 20.67 in)

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Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Work entitled "Cold River."
Ryan Nord Kitchen, Cold River, 2021, oil on Canvas, 61 x 53 cm (23.79 x 20.67 in)

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Installation window view from Ryan Nord Kitchen's solo exhibition, Fall Paintings, at Galerie l'inlassable. Work entitled "Morning River"
Ryan Nord Kitchen, Morning River, 2021, oil on Canvas, 61 x 53 cm (23.79 x 20.67 in)

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