New Paintings and Drawings by Dave Cooper:
Pictorial Ruminations on the Volume and Density of Mostly Pillowy Girls

Gallery I
Solo Exhibit

Opening reception - Saturday, November 19th, 6pm-9pm

November 19, 2005 through December 23, 2005

New Paintings and Drawings by Dave Cooper:
"Pictorial Ruminations on the Volume and Density of Mostly Pillowy Girls"
On View November 19th - December 23rd, 2005
Opening Reception Saturday November 19th, 2005
from 6 p.m - 9 p.m.

NEW YORK, NY: Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present new paintings and drawings by DAVE COOPER. The exhibition will be on view from November 19th until December 23rd . An opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 19th from 6-9pm.

The Canadian artist brings his “pillowy girls” to New York for his first solo gallery exhibition on the East Coast. The exhibition will feature over 40 new works including the debut of two limited edition giclée prints, Immunity and Two on Forest Floor.

Using multiple fine glazes to achieve a sublime luminescence, his collection of fleshy female figures have a beautiful but unsettling presence. The women are lumpy, typically unbeautiful women, drawn in strange and erotic scenarios. Cooper’s dark and surrealistic portraits of women play with the traditional notions of beauty and erotica.

Dave Cooper was born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1967. He now lives in Ottawa, with his wife Julie and infant son, Jake. He is the author/illustrator of the award-winning graphic novels Ripple, Crumple and Suckle, published by Seattle's influential Fantagraphics Books. In addition to comics, Dave has worked extensively as a designer, producer, and creator in the field of animation. For the past two years he has focused exclusively on painting, creating works for two major solo gallery exhibitions. In 2004 Cooper also released Overbite, a hardcover art book featuring over 40 of his oil paintings. His follow-up book, Underbelly, was released shortly thereafter.

 

Dave Cooper

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opening photos