Keyes Art in Sag Harbor presents Lucy Villeneuve’s exibit “Button up and Play.” An opening reception will be held on Saturday, August 12, from 6 to 8 PM.
Villeneuve, 27, from East Hampton, has been painting since childhood. In her works, this dialogue is translated into a type of dance, a visual conversation between her and whatever is responding on the canvas.
“I work with the elements of Taoism and specifically the Wu Wei, the art of nondoing, and try to focus on the experience of painting rather than the work itself. Each shape feels intentional yet just out of my grasp, a slippery in-betweenness, something short of being too far or not enough,” said Villeneuve. “In these works, I focused on unfolding my visual language, telling a story of communion. The white and ivory black hold space while soft pastels and neons dance along the walls of their maze. While seemingly similar in ethos, the physical act of painting these shapes is a practice in patience, in immersion, with each reflecting a different instinct of ‘play.’ The colors speak to each other, active yet docile. The lines hold each other, and they all remember to breathe.”