April 13 - May 18, 2024
From Conduit Gallery:
“Conduit Gallery is honored to announce a solo exhibition of works by Austin-based artist, W. Tucker.
W Tucker’s works begin as unplanned creations. Using his non-dominant left hand, he taps into a spectrum of creativity that is less deliberate and structured. Working with a variety of media – ink, resin stick, oil, charcoal, texture paste – on old found or bought objects, Tucker creates a cast of idiosyncratic characters that look askance at the world. States the artist, “Each element in a piece has a reason and a personality. As they are placed, a story evolves. A story that I usually see once the piece is complete. The elements that comprise the work often seem simple and in a certain respect they are. Some characters reoccur simply because I enjoy the process of drawing or painting them. Others reoccur because they bring a simple presence to a more complicated situation or question. The title for this show – “compassion” said the rabbit – stems from two places or ideas. The first is related to the work itself. In the finished pieces, I often see a struggle. A fight of degrees where a character or characters – a person, an animal, a house, a scribble, a cup – attempt to find balance. Most times this tends to reflect some aspect of my own life struggles or those that I observe in the world around me.” W. Tucker (b. 1959, Goldsboro, NC) earned a B.F.A. in Drama from New York University in 1982. Recent exhibitions include the Outsider Art Fair – with Koelsch Haus (2024-2020); Gallerie Hedenius, Stockholm (2022); Koelsch Haus, Houston, TX (2022, 2018, 2017, 2016); Big Medium, Austin, TX (2022); Dimension Gallery, Austin, TX (2017); Feast Gallery, Fayetteville, AR (2017).”
Reception: April 13, 2024 | 5:30–7:30 pm
1626 C Hi Line
Dallas, 75207 TX
(214) 939-0064
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I love W. Tucker’s work. He is always innovative, illusively fascinating, and makes me see the world around me from very unusual and different perspectives! He is NEVER boring! And often makes me laugh.