Heather Day: Ricochet
Past exhibition
Overview
Heather Day's Ricochet is a solo exhibition of paintings and works on paper by the Bay Area-based artist. Day makes abstract paintings comprised of scraped, smeared, and flooded pools of pigment. The compulsive energy of her work oscillates between rehearsed abandon and careful restraint. Her encompassing murals, large canvases, and intimate drawings study the mechanisms of sensory perception — mining what happens when the body interprets a sound as a texture, or a scent as a color.
Earlier in the pandemic, the artist left San Francisco for Joshua Tree and was surrounded by the quiet and solitude of the desert environment. Here amid the desert spring, she was inspired by the wildflower superbloom and new colors seeped into these new paintings.
Installation Views
Press
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Matrons & Mistresses: Heather Day (Interview)
Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Matrons and Mistresses, November 25, 2020 -
Artillery Magazine Reviews Heather Day "Ricochet"
Leanna Robinson, Artillery , November 10, 2020 -
Artillery Magazine Pick of the Week: Heather Day
Cole Sweetwood, October 6, 2020 -
LA Weekly Art Review: Heather Day: Ricochet at Diane Rosenstein
Shana Nys Dambrot, October 4, 2020 -
10 In-Demand Works on Artsy This Week: Heather Day
Beatrice Sapsford, September 28, 2020
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