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Charles Avery
a wall, a bridge, an arch, a hat, a side-show, a square circle, a group of friends, and two one-armed snakes, GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US), 6 May - 19 June 2021

Charles Avery: a wall, a bridge, an arch, a hat, a side-show, a square circle, a group of friends, and two one-armed snakes

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Works
  • A big, mixed media drawing of boys fishing beneath a bridge with pink sky, mounted on linen and hung on the gallery wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Boys fishing beneath bridge with pink sky), 2021
    Pencil, acrylic and ink on paper mounted on linen
    180 x 282 cm | 70 7/8 x 111 1/8 in (image size)
    210 x 312 cm | 82 5/8 x 122 7/8 in (with linen)
  • A mixed media drawing of a landscape with a square circle henge in the middle and three people around it, framed in white.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Design for the Square Circle, Henge), 2021
    Pencil, acrylic and ink on 2200 micron archival mount board
    Unframed: 122 x 163 cm | 48 1/8 x 64 1/8 in
    Framed: 125.7 x 167 x 5.1 cm | 49 1/2 x 65 3/4 x 2 in
    Reserved
  • A sizable, colorful mixed media drawing of a landscape wit people eel fishing beneath the bridge mounted on canvas and hung on the wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Eel fishing beneath the bridge (Era of the Pentagon), 2021
    Pencil, acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
    240 x 420 cm | 94 1/2 x 165 3/8 in (image size)
    280 x 460 cm | 110 1/4 x 181 1/8 in (with linen)
  • A large mixed media drawing of a side show with spectators, Onomatopoeia City Wall, mounted on linen and hung on the gallery wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Side Show with spectators, Onomatopoeia City Wall), 2021
    Pencil, acrylic and ink on paper mounted on linen
    182 x 251 cm | 71 5/8 x 98 7/8 in (with linen)
    152 x 221 cm | 59 7/8 x 87 1/8 in (image size)
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  • A drawing of a man enticing a beast against a blank background, framed in white and hung on a white wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Man enticing Beast), 2021
    Pencil, acrylic and ink on paper
    Unframed: 54 x 80 cm | 21 1/4 x 31 1/2 in
    Framed: 60.3 x 86.4 x 4.1 cm | 23 3/4 x 34 x 1 5/8 in
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  • A large mixed media drawing of two cyclists beneath the porticos of the City Wall, mounted on linen and hung on the gallery wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Two cyclists beneath the porticos of the City Wall), 2021
    Pencil, acrylic and ink on paper mounted on linen
    217 x 152 cm | 85 3/8 x 59 7/8 in (image size)
    247 x 182 cm | 97 1/4 x 71 5/8 in (with linen)
  • A mixed media drawing of the Central Courtyard of L’Escargot Quadrato with a lot of visitors inside, framed in white and mounted on a white wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Central Courtyard of L’Escargot Quadrato), 2011-2020
    Pencil, acrylic, and ink on paper
    Unframed: 73 x 95 cm | 28 3/4 x 37 3/8 in
    Framed: 86.5 x 109 x 5.5 cm | 34 1/8 x 42 7/8 x 2 1/8 in
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  • A mixed media drawing of a group of four people standing and chatting against a white backdrop, framed in white and mounted on a white wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Gathering), 2020
    Pencil, acrylic, ink and gold watercolour on paper mounted on linen
    Unframed: 57.1 x 65.3 cm | 22 1/2 x 25 3/4 in
    Framed: 65.1 x 73.3 x 5.5 cm | 25 5/8 x 28 7/8 x 2 1/8 in
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  • A mixed media drawing of a courting couple and beasts under the city wall, framed in white and hung on a white wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Courting couple and beasts under the city wall), 2020
    Pencil, acrylic, ink, gold watercolour and collage on paper mounted on linen
    Unframed: 114.1 x 80.6 cm | 44 7/8 x 31 3/4 in
    Framed: 130 x 96.5 x 5.5 cm | 51 1/8 x 38 x 2 1/8 in
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  • Two small, abstract sculptures placed on a white table in a white room with purple dots on the wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Bookends), 2012-2013
    Bronze, beech wood, acrylic paint
    Snake 1: 30 x 18 x 34 cm | 11.8 x 7.1 x 13.4 in
    Snake 2: 25 x 20 x 25 cm | 9.8 x 7.9 x 9.8 in
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  • A mixed media drawing of a smoking girl with a buoy against a white background, framed in white and mounted on a white wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Smoking girl with Buoy) , 2020
    Pencil, acrylic and ink on paper mounted on linen
    Unframed: 64.5 x 47.8 cm | 25 3/8 x 18 7/8 in
    Framed: 73 x 56 x 5.5 cm | 28 3/4 x 22 1/8 x 2 1/8 in
  • A mixed media image of a landscape depicting various white towers emerging from waters against a smoky pink sky.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Gates of Onomatopoeia with the bearded loon in the foreground), 2019
    Pencil, acrylic, and ink on watercolor paper mounted to canvas
    216.5 x 380 cm | 85 1/4 x 149 5/8 in
  • Untitled (Bowl of Fruit), 2021 Bronze and mixed media 57 x 30 x 27 cm | 22 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 10 5/8 in (approx.) Unique variation of 2
    Untitled (Bowl of Fruit), 2021
    Bronze and mixed media
    57 x 30 x 27 cm | 22 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 10 5/8 in (approx.)
    Unique variation of 2
  • A mixed media drawing of a group of three, colorfully dressed, people standing and looking down and a phone, against a white background and framed in white hung on a white wall.
    Charles Avery
    Untitled (Pamphleteer), 2020
    Pencil, acrylic, ink and gold watercolour on paper mounted on linen
    Unframed: 55.7 x 42.7 cm | 21 7/8 x 16 3/4 in
    Framed: 67 x 52 x 5.5 cm | 26 3/8 x 20 1/2 x 2 1/8 in
  • Untitled (Bowl of Fruit), 2021 Bronze and mixed media 62 x 50 x 35 cm | 24 3/8 x 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in approx. Unique variation of 2
    Untitled (Bowl of Fruit), 2021
    Bronze and mixed media
    62 x 50 x 35 cm | 24 3/8 x 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in approx.
    Unique variation of 2
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Installation Views
  • Installation View A Wall A Bridge An Arch A Hat A Side Show A Square Circle A Group Of Friends And Two One Armed Snakes Grimm New York Ny Us 2021 6
  • Installation View A Wall A Bridge An Arch A Hat A Side Show A Square Circle A Group Of Friends And Two One Armed Snakes Grimm New York Ny Us 2021 2
  • Installation View A Wall A Bridge An Arch A Hat A Side Show A Square Circle A Group Of Friends And Two One Armed Snakes Grimm New York Ny Us 2021 5
  • Installation View A Wall A Bridge An Arch A Hat A Side Show A Square Circle A Group Of Friends And Two One Armed Snakes Grimm New York Ny Us 2021 7
  • Installation View A Wall A Bridge An Arch A Hat A Side Show A Square Circle A Group Of Friends And Two One Armed Snakes Grimm New York Ny Us 2021 3
  • Installation View A Wall A Bridge An Arch A Hat A Side Show A Square Circle A Group Of Friends And Two One Armed Snakes Grimm New York Ny Us 2021 1
  • Installation View A Wall A Bridge An Arch A Hat A Side Show A Square Circle A Group Of Friends And Two One Armed Snakes Grimm New York Ny Us 2021 9
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Press release
Charles Avery, a wall, a bridge, an arch, a hat, a side-show, a square circle, a group of friends, and...
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GRIMM is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new works by Charles Avery (b. 1973 in Oban UK) at our gallery in New York. 

For this presentation, Charles Avery expands on his ongoing project that describes an imagined Island and its inhabitants. The exhibition comprises several large scale drawings, a bronze sculptural installation, other smaller objects and works on paper. All elements and ideas for what Avery has referred to as his “unresolved fiction”.

Two huge panoramas depict islanders fishing for eels – the mainstay of their diet – under saturated skies and in the shadow of a gilded bridge. Another scene presents a troupe performing an open-air sideshow around which a group of spectators has gathered.

Through these and other drawings Avery offers a snapshot of the lives, architecture and culture of The Islanders. The contrast between the refined detail of the diverse cast of characters, as well as that of the man-made forms, with the loose, dream-like strokes that describe the natural world is a characteristic feature of Avery’s work.

The centerpiece of the show is an enigmatic looping form that invites the viewer to walk amongst it. This arcane object could be imagined as a time piece, a henge, a temple or the entrance to a shopping center. 

With this ambitious project Avery presents the viewer with an opportunity to accompany the artist in his thought process of imaging a world brick by brick, as one theme after another unfolds.

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