Art Exhibition New York - Colin Brown

THE SUNLESS SEA

MARCH  5 –28, 2009

V, 2009, acrylic on plexiglass, 16-3/4 x 19 x 3-1/4”

The Fischbach Gallery is pleased to present The Sunless Sea, a series of Blackboards of New York City at night. The Sunless Sea is Colin Brown’s third art exhibition at Fischbach Gallery.   The exhibition opens March 5 and is on view through March 28, 2009.

In childhood Brown observed the New York City skyline from his parent’s 23^rd floor apartment. Finding New York City at night a mesmerizing image, he photographed from atop the Empire State Building and the Met Life Building as well as taking helicopter flights over Manhattan. . Combining the information from his photographs with his skills as an artist Brown created Blackboards.

Brown first prepares a white undersurface on a panel, to which he then applies a pitch-black layer. This black layer is often nickel, carbon or charcoal. Working in a precisionist manner using a jeweler’s tool, Brown skillfully removes small amounts of black revealing just the right amount of white to create the illusion of light emanating from city windows, street lamps, and automobile headlights. Brown’s incredibly detailed Blackboards at first appear to be night photographs, but upon closer inspection one discovers the amazing hand of the artist.

Colin Brown’s romantic and beautiful images of New York capture the magic and vitality of the City. He brings the viewer his profound and contemplative sense of solitude of the city he calls home.

A 40 page illustrated catalog created by the artist accompanies The Sunless Sea.

Colin Brown was born in Ithaca, N.Y. in 1965. He received his M.A. from NYU’s program in Painting in Venice, Italy. He has also attended the State University of New York at Purchase where he received his B.F.A.  He and his wife Cara currently live with their two children, Gwyn and Luke, in New York City.