The Arts Center at Duck Creek is pleased to present Three Painters at Duck Creek, curated by Hiroyuki Hamada, opening on August 8 and on view through August 30. This exhibition will feature paintings by artists Eric Banks, Elliott Green, and Sean Sullivan, all of whom currently reside in the Hudson Valley. Mr. Hamada interviewed each artist in advance of the show and these texts will be made available on our website.
Hamada was inspired to curate a group exhibition at Duck Creek after installing an exhibit of his own works there in 2019. “After closely observing the nature of the barn through hanging my own show and documenting multiple shows by others, I started to wonder what sort of work would flourish in the space. I’ve been accustomed to this sort of mental practice as I have served on various panels at arts organizations over the years. To do well in the barn, the work must have a strong presence to withstand the overwhelming character of the space itself. The work must sit well with the historical significance of the barn once being a gathering place for prominent abstract expressionists. The work must be able to harmoniously coexist with the natural elements on the grounds. The work must be able to reach to the hearts and souls of the community members.” - Hiroyuki Hamada
Eric Banks’s paintings are arrived at through an intuitive and constantly evolving and persistent process often leading to thick and turgid surfaces. As if to capture a shapeless something with the diligence of a seasoned farmer, he succeeds in putting life in his exquisitely painted surfaces. Sean Sullivan allows whispers and presences of the unknown to occupy his marks as he lays out his visual dialogue in his unique process--which sits right between print making and painting. His touch somehow extends beyond our time and space. Elliott Green’s paint-scape allows us to see how we the human species struggle to merge with nature in a complex path of harmony, conflict, contradiction, surprise and profound awe.”
Elliott Green (b. 1960 Detroit, Michigan - eg@elliottgreen.com). He attended the University of Michigan, where he studied World literature and Art history. He moved to New York City in 1981 and has been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, the Jules Guerin Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Residency, a The Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, a residency at the BAU Institute, Cassis, France, a MacDowell Colony Residency, and three residencies at Yaddo.
Eric Banks (b. 1954 Brooklyn, NY - ericbanks54@gmail.com) Brooklyn-native, Banks lives and works in Rhinebeck, NY. In 1977, he obtained his B.A. from Queens College of the City University of New York, NY. After receiving his M.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting in 1981, Banks was awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Edward Albee Foundation Grant, and Walters Fellowship. Banks has exhibited nationally; most-recently, his work has been on view at NYC galleries, such as Amos Eno Gallery and Sideshow Gallery.
Sean Sullivan (b. 1975 Bronx, NY - paradepimlicopearl@gmail.com) lives and works in the Hudson Valley, NY. He received the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts Grant in 2017. He has participated in group exhibitions at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, NY; the Markus Luttgen Gallery, Cologne, Germany; and the Museum for Drawing, Huningen, Belgium.
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