Expo Chicago

For the 2017 edition of Expo Chicago, Garth Greenan Gallery will present Bennington, a solo exhibition of works by Richard Van Buren. Six of the artist’s densely layered abstract sculptures will be on view, including Strata (1977) and the monumental floor piece Bennington (1970). The latter consists of multiple brightly colored polyester elements cast from Mylar sheets buried in a snowbank.

Rather than modeled or constructed, works like Bennington seem to emerge as residue from two ends of time that seldom conjoin. Folded, twisted, sharp, and lumpy—the forms are shot through with colors that are simultaneously toxic and beautiful.

Garth Greenan Gallery is pleased to represent Richard Van Buren.