Laura Beard, Charles P. Reay, Ben Weiner May 19, 2011

Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present Laura Beard's second solo exhibition with the gallery entitled "Thick and Smooth". Laura Beard's new paintings and drawings continue her exploration of the primary impulse of abstraction by focusing on the direction and texture of each brushstroke. By using this technique, the paintings take on a structured chaos that is both powerful and energetic. Through pure abstraction, the work strives to engage the emotional impact of color, the structure of human instinct and the complexity of a deliberately flexible process. This unique flexibility allows for the evolution of each new work to build on the experiences of the last.

In the Project Room and the Front Room, we are pleased to present Charles Reay's first solo exhibition at the Bruno David Gallery titled "Recent Sculptures" and "Metamorphosis". Charles (Chip) Reay's studio is an intensely personal space, a space removed from the routines of everyday life, where he can indulge his imagination. It is a space, where free association, experimentation, trials and errors, encourages the outpouring of his creative mind. In his studio, there are no rules or standards of taste or beauty. It is a space for pure expression.

In the Media Room, the gallery presents a new video work by New York based artist Ben Weiner titled "Na + (aq) + C5H8NO - (aq) NaC5H8NO4(s)". Known for his paintings that achieve enigmatic and transcendent abstractions through cropped magnifications, Weiners new body of work has given way to a collection of stop-motion videos. Composed of thousands of photographs of synthetic materials, these videos are constructed like moving paintings. In collaboration with Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA

On the BDG East-Wall, the gallery presents a temporary life-size woodblocks and paper cutouts installation by New York-based artist, Swoon (Caledonia Curry). Several other cutouts are located around the city of St. Louis.

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