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Peter Fox, "Surface Tension"

solo exhibition of new paintings by the artist, Peter Fox
Front Room Gallery
Feb 23rd – Mar 18th 2018
New York, 48 Hester StreetMap
Opening Reception: Friday, Feb. 23rd, 7pm -9:15pm
, 'The Deep,' 2018, Front Room Gallery

Peter Fox

The Deep, 2018

Front Room Gallery

$23,000

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, 'War Lock,' 2018, Front Room Gallery

Peter Fox

War Lock, 2018

Front Room Gallery

$15,000

, 'Dreamer,' 2018, Front Room Gallery

Peter Fox

Dreamer, 2018

Front Room Gallery

$17,000

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, 'Auto Pilot,' 2018, Front Room Gallery

Peter Fox

Auto Pilot, 2018

Front Room Gallery

$8,750

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, 'Head Dress,' 2018, Front Room Gallery

Peter Fox

Head Dress, 2018

Front Room Gallery

$9,500

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, 'Second Self,' 2018, Front Room Gallery

Peter Fox

Second Self, 2018

Front Room Gallery

$26,000

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, 'Two Step,' 2018, Front Room Gallery

Peter Fox

Two Step, 2018

Front Room Gallery

$21,500

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Press Release

Front Room gallery is proud to present "Surface Tension," Peter Fox’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. With this series of new paintings, Fox has reduced his palette to earth tones, which accentuate the natural contrasts in burnt siennas, dark browns and yellow ochres with the cool blues of Payne’s grey. This series delves into the artist’s sub-conscious; created in a controlled self-reflexive state, the surface forms and gestures are defined by the act of application itself.

Peter Fox’s style of painting involves layering processes, reflecting the conceptual layering that underlies the larger project. These works develop and explore relational color constructs, mediated through formal systems which reference automatic drawing, abstract painting and process art.

There is a tension created between the physical depth of the material surface of the paintings and the illusion of depth. This surface tension draws the viewer into a field of vision that creates a transfiguration of the forms into seemingly recognizable imagery and narrative references. This illusion is a construct of the viewer as Fox maintains no representational references in these processed based works.

Peter Fox’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout the US and internationally, in numerous gallery, institutional, and museum contexts, including Front Room, Pierogi, and Roebling Hall (NYC), Beta Pictoris Gallery (Birmingham, AL), Good Citizen (St. Louis), Magazzino d’Arte Moderna (Rome), The New Hampshire Institute of Art, The Washington State University Galleries, The University Art Museum at SUNY and the Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul, (Porto Alegre, Brazil), where it is in the permanent collection. His work has been featured in The Brooklyn Rail, Salon, Artcritical, Hyperallergic, The Washington Post, Artnet, ArtNotes, Segno and TimeOut Roma, among other publications.

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