2016 Gray Contemporary - Houston (USA)
September 10 - October 15
Solo Show Aimée Terburg
Both Sides Now - Main Gallery & Second Gallery
A selection of paintings from the series Divisibilitas & Monochromonito
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Gray Contemporary is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in the United States of Aimée Terburg.
Aimée Terburg's (NL) Both Sides Now, her first solo exhibition with the gallery, showcases a
selection of her acrylic paintings from the ongoing series Divisibilitas in the Main Gallery and
Monochromonito in the Second Gallery.
Her research is set within the encounter between process, maker and viewer. Choosing quick
drying acrylic for her paintings, every thin layer has an inimitable result that emanates simplicity;
defined by actions and decisions in time and gestures with big brushes, planes are build up or
distorted, playing out aspects of perception. Starting with a subjective use of color, composition and gesture formed by her associations with nature and culture, her labor-intensive methodology takes
over: using the dynamic between chance and control, the captured marks are rehearsed until the
transcend into an autonomy of the moment; highlighting a decision and an element within the
painting.
The black distorted surfaces in the paintings of the series Divisibilitas (Latin for Divisible) installed
in the Main Gallery, are juxtaposed with subtle diversified monochrome yellows. The paintings
appear systematic, as options of the same moment. Taking closer looks every painting shows its
own unity of dualism, and individual sense of potential flux in deformed brush gestures. The
distorted surfaces also question their making. Aimée Terburg handles extreme thin layers of acrylic
that appear as photo- or serigraphy, drawing the viewer in. While the idiom of the reductive art is
articulated, the yellow planes pronounce the perceptual way of a traditional (reversed) 'repoussoir'
simultaneously referring to color field painting. This creates a contemplative shifting of illusion of
depth, the associative and simulacra, of the static and spheric to draw the viewer in even more.
In the Second Gallery the black surfaces of the Monochromonito series show frozen moments of
brush actions within the spared edges of the painting. The gestures are 'negatives': paint taken out
of a wet monochrome black surface, requiring timing and concentration while leaving room for
chance. The spared edges as a frame refer to monitors and the traditional concept of the window
as 'see-through' in painting; as a marker of difference between what's inside and outside. Subtly
denying the material surface of the canvas these ways, Terburg shows the ambiguity and unity of
illusion of depth and object, of viewer and painting.
About the artist:
Aimée Terburg (b. 1971) lives and works in Groningen, the Netherlands. She received her BFA
Cum Laude for autonomous painting and graphic arts at Art Academy Minerva in Groningen (NL).
As a process-based visual artist she reflects on the formal language of the abstract art of painting,
perception and its arising dualities. Terburg also combines her paintings with ´site responsive´
installations and is curator of projects and group exhibitions. Terburg is represented by gallery Hein
Elferink (NL) and Gray Contemporary (USA).
Recent exhibitions include: Gallery Hein Elferink, NL (2016); Transmitter, New York City (US debut,
2015); Studio 1.1, London, UK (2015); Gallery Crelan, Brussels, BE (2015); ruimteCAESUUR,
Middelburg, NL (2015); Dosenfabrik, Hamburg DE (2014); Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, NL
(2014); Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (2014); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
(2014); ParisCONCRET, Paris, FR (2014). Her art was nominated for the International Solo Award
of the Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen, DK (2014); the biennial Nordwestkunst Price, DE (2013); the
J.K. Egberts Award, NL (2007). Terburg's work is included in the ‘Summer Exhibition Illustrated
2014’ of the Royal Academy of Arts, London among 177 artists and in art collections of the
Coöperative bank Crelan (BE), Dutch Gasunion (NL), Foundation ‘FB Oranjewoud’ (NL) and private
art collections.
About the gallery:
Gray Contemporary is a young gallery providing a platform for artists locally and abroad to exhibit pieces
with a minimalist approach. Gallerist Mel DeWees selects artists who truly have a grasp of their craft and
display it in a solid statement. The direction and presentation is one that continues the approach of long
standing institutions in Houston and beyond.
Gray Contemporary
3508 Lake Street
Houston, Texas 77098
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11-5pm or by appointment
Phone: 713.862.4425
info@graycontemporary.com
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