DCKT Contemporary
195 Bowery
New York, NY
212-741-9955
LAURA LOBDELL
Traces of Color
In the back gallery
November 23 - December 30
Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 23, 6-8pm


Traces of Color #12, 2010 gouache & ink on rag paper
50 x 38"
DCKT Contemporary is pleased to present LAURA LOBDELL’s Traces of Color, an exhibition of recent paintings on paper. LOBDELL’s gouache paintings are layered meditations on time.

LOBDELL begins by painting color forms in gouache with large, Chinese calligraphy brushes. The spontaneous, gestural sweeps and spills become the starting point for lines and marks made with fine calligraphy brushes and fountain pen ink. These lines are repetitive and somewhat ordered, following a pattern of rules. The reality of the grounds makes strict application of the “rules” awkward or unappealing. The linear marks are a frustrated attempt to create order over the unruly color fields, literally traces of color.

LOBDELL holds a MFA from the School of Visual Arts and has been a participant in the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture’s residency program and the Artist in the Marketplace program at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. She has been included in group exhibitions at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Arts Club of Washington and the Art Institute of Chicago.

SOPHIE CRUMB exhibition continues
through December 30th in the main gallery

Sunglasses 3, 2010, ink on paper
4 1/4 x 6" UF; 9 1/2 x 11 1/4" F
DCKT Contemporary is pleased to present SOPHIE CRUMB's debut solo exhibition. This exhibition coincides with the release of the monograph Sophie Crumb: Evolution of a Crazy Artist, edited by her parents R. Crumb & Aline Kominsky-Crumb and published by W. W. Norton.

Exhibitions will be on view at DCKT Contemporary, 195 Bowery (at Spring Street).
Hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11am - 6pm; Saturday, noon - 6pm; Sunday, noon - 5pm.