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Rodney Samuelson
PAU L M C P H E R S O NG A L L E RY2 8 M AY- 8 J U N E 2 0 1 3
Rodney Samuelson (Rodney S.) is an American artist who has been living and working in Barcelona, Spain since 1987. He grew up in Southern California, participating in the early L.A. punk underground music scene creating flyer-art for many bands and concerts, some of which have been anonymously published in books about the subject. After finishing his studies at Cal Arts, he lived and worked in the Downtown L.A. art scene, before setting off for New York. Rodney worked as a Studio Assistant to the artist Robin Winters in New York City from 1984 to 1987 in the years before moving to the Catalonian autonomous region of Spain. His works are brief, poetic meditations on life itself, created with a child-like sense of wonder that is tempered by the wisdom gained through age.
“…I hesitate to read these peopled signs in terms of irony. They impress me as something more expressive, something lost or destroyed from another place and time. They equivocate between harrowing sadness and joyful abandon…these paintings impress me as searching to revive a sense of human tactility and sensitivity through the looking glass of a minimalist reduction.”
Robert C. MorganWhitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art
Rodney Samuelson28 MAY - 8 JUNE 2013
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1. AN EDEN WITHIN...
acrylic, pigments, latex on paper
32 x 24 cm £350
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2. THE GOLDEN CARP...
India ink & acrylic on arches rough grain watercolor paper
41 x 31 cm £500
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3. LIFE FULL OF HOLES (filled and unfulfilled)…
Acrylic, plaster-gauze and cardboard on canvas
65 x 54 cm £1,050
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4. ON THE OUTSKIRTS…
Acrylic on paper
32 x 24 cm £350
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5. WHAT’S LEFT BETWEEN THE LEAVES...
Acrylic, plaster-gauze and cardboard on canvas
65 x 54 cm £1,050
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6. THE GOLDEN CALF...
India ink & acrylic on arches rough grain watercolor paper
41 x 31 cm £500
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7. MEDITERRANEAN SEASIDE BLUES...
Oil, acrylic, acrylic enamel on canvas
54 x 65 cm £1050
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8. VINIFICACIÓN MODERNA...
Oil, spray paint, collage on canvas
81 x 65 cm £1300
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9. CATCH OF THE DAY...
Oil, spray paint, plastic netting on canvas
54 x 65 cm £1050
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10. EL CARPINTERO DE LA PRIMAVERA...
Oil, spray paint, collage, papyrus on canvas
81 x 65 cm £1300
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Paul McPherson Gallery77 Lassell StreetGreenwichLondonSE10 9PJ
Monday- Friday 12.00pm- 5.00pmSaturday 10.30am - 2.30pm
Out of hours viewing by appointment
Tel: 0208 269 2990
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Rodney Samuelson28 MAY - 8 JUNE 2013