Keyes Art Gallery in Sag Harbor presents John Torreano’s “Whirlpool.” The show will include the artist’s works on paper, sculpture, and painting.
“This show includes painting, works on paper, and sculpture. The works on paper, are examples of how I approach ideas for paintings. Usually, I do several versions from one image. It helps me build a physical, muscle memory, of what they are. They become shapes, overlaps, colors, etc., for the two-dimensional space of painting. Once I ‘understand’ them I almost don’t have to look when working on the larger paintings. I just know where the marks, shapes, and colors go. The flat space of paper expands from 2-D to an imagined stage space with a proscenium in the front to all subsequent scrims, curtains, and backdrops. Of course, once I get started on a painting, all hell breaks loose, and I just try to make a painting,” said the artist.
The Whirlpool Galaxy, inspiration for the “Whirlpool” painting, was discovered by Charles Messier on October 13, 1773. It was the first galaxy identified as a spiral galaxy. The object is 28 million light years from us. Under the right conditions, it can be seen with binoculars and amateur telescopes.
An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 23, from 6 to 8 PM.