October 2 - December 4, 2021
From Talley Dunn Gallery:
“Talley Dunn Gallery is distinctly honored to announce an exhibition of David Bates’ most recent works, Grassy Lake. This momentous exhibition of painting marks both the artist’s return and final goodbye to a subject of remarkable importance to both the artist and the development of his practice. Bates first visited the low-lying wetland dense with 350-year-old cypress trees and tupelo in central Arkansas that is Grassy Lake in 1982. Up until the close of the decade, the artist continued to return to this captivatingly spectacular place for renewed inspiration. It revealed to Bates an otherworldly environment teeming with wildlife and dramatic beauty throughout its swampy terrain. This is where Bates met his mentor and the subject of many of his paintings from the 1980s, Ed Walker. Although his frequent visits ceased after the passing of his close friend in the early 1990s, Bates recently revisited this formative place with the idea that he would paint a series around it and retire upon its completion. This exhibition may therefore be the final chapter of Bates’ painting practice—a profound and euphoric return to Grassy Lake.”
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