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Heather Day: Ricochet

Past exhibition
September 12 - October 24, 2020
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Heather Day Green Interior, 2020 Mixed media on canvas 56 x 72 inches 142.2 x 182.9 cm
Heather Day
Green Interior, 2020
Mixed media on canvas
56 x 72 inches
142.2 x 182.9 cm

Diane Rosenstein Gallery is pleased to announce Heather Day: Ricochet -- a solo exhibition of paintings and works on paper by the Bay Area-based artist.  This is her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. 

 

Heather 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.  

 

The title of the exhibition – Ricochet – refers to the artist’s process of navigating her compositions as one mark leads to the next, without a predestined resolution. The title is also a metaphor for the global chain of reactions in our natural environment, social and cultural space, and intuitive relationships with each other.  This body of work is a new chapter in her practice, beginning with the monumental diptych Fever Dream (2020), which serves as the bridge. The pairing of the two canvases recalls the seam of her sketchbook; and anticipates the new stitched paintings in this exhibition, such as Space Between (2020) which she describes as a “mind map.”  

 

Earlier this spring, during the onset of 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.   

 

The paintings in this exhibition were created during a transformative year.  Like many artists who have seen their exhibitions canceled or closed, Day’s first solo museum show was closed early due to the pandemic.  She feels so much gratitude and appreciation that the show was seen in person, if only for a few weeks.  Since then, she has taken refuge in her studio – in the physical and emotional space that allows quiet and experimentation.

 

Heather Day: Ricochet will be on view to the public from September 12 – October 24, 2020.  The gallery is open by appointment only. 

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Works
  • Heather Day Slow Cursive, 2020 Mixed media on canvas
    Heather Day
    Slow Cursive, 2020
    Mixed media on canvas
  • Heather Day Projection, 2020 Mixed media on canvas
    Heather Day
    Projection, 2020
    Mixed media on canvas
  • Heather Day Green Interior, 2020 Mixed media on canvas
    Heather Day
    Green Interior, 2020
    Mixed media on canvas
  • Heather Day Fever Dream, 2020 Mixed media on canvas
    Heather Day
    Fever Dream, 2020
    Mixed media on canvas
  • Heather Day Ricochet, 2020 Mixed media on canvas
    Heather Day
    Ricochet, 2020
    Mixed media on canvas
  • Heather Day Space Between, 2020 Mixed media on canvas
    Heather Day
    Space Between, 2020
    Mixed media on canvas
  • Heather Day Carte Blanche #2, 2020 Mixed media on canvas
    Heather Day
    Carte Blanche #2, 2020
    Mixed media on canvas
Installation Views
  • Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

Press
  • Matrons & Mistresses: Heather Day (Interview)

    Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Matrons and Mistresses, November 25, 2020
  • Heather Day, Slow Cursive, 2020

    Artillery Magazine Reviews Heather Day "Ricochet"

    Leanna Robinson, Artillery , November 10, 2020
  • Heather Day, Persistence of Memory, 2020

    Artillery Magazine Pick of the Week: Heather Day

    Cole Sweetwood, October 6, 2020
  • Installation view of Heather Day: Ricochet

    LA Weekly Art Review: Heather Day: ​Ricochet​ at Diane Rosenstein

    Shana Nys Dambrot, October 4, 2020
  • Heather Day, Projection, 2020

    10 In-Demand Works on Artsy This Week: Heather Day

    Beatrice Sapsford, September 28, 2020
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