Nicholas Robinson Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of The Little Darknesses, a suite of nocturnes completed by Wizon in 1996.

Consisting of 14 paintings on panel numbered sequentially, The Little Darknesses are each suggestive of a primordial atmosphere/landscape. Ostensibly abstract and overtly referencing painterly invocations of the sublime, the suite of works both hint at and reflect the artist's preoccupation with Promethean creativity, counter-culture psychedelia, literature and music.

Evoking an aura reminiscent of early nineteenth century romanticism, the resonances of Martin, Blake, Fuseli et al are unmistakable within the suite. Lacking linear or literal narrative the sequence nevertheless suggests a progression or crescendo of sorts, culminating in the painting Mars, rendered solely in Mars black.

These enormously labor intensive works are painted in acrylic, meticulously layered with glazes of diaphanous color.

Jewel-like in their brilliance, the works possess an internal illumination, evoking a hermetic world of mysticism, asceticism and dark beauty, yet also suggesting the tumult of irresistible forces.

Informed by an intensely personal sphere of influences, Wizon's paintings are as much renderings of his own psychological landscape as they are evocations of environments and atmospheres. The works are at once painterly, melodic and lyrical - modest in scale but emotionally baroque.

Wizon has been exhibiting for over 30 years and has shown with some of the world's foremost galleries, including the Willard Gallery, Annina Nosei, Bruno Bischofberger, Daniel Templon and Ramis Barquet. His works have also been widely exhibited in Museums and are included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Please contact the gallery for further information: 212.560.9075 / info@nrgallery.com

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