David Richard Gallery is pleased to present Outside / Inside, an exhibition by New York-based artist Lester Rapaport and his third solo presentation with the gallery in New York. The exhibition is comprised of eight paintings from two distinct series (four paintings from each series) that were produced nearly 40 years apart. Not only is there an aesthetic interaction between the two bodies of work, but also a conceptual underpinning binding them together such that each represents an endpoint (at this point in time) of a long and ongoing spiritual journey for the artist. To emphasize the significance and interaction between the two series of paintings, they are presented in pairs, one earlier painting from the 1980s hung alongside a newer single disc painting from the 2020s. At first glance, the color palettes seem to be the only thing holding the two, otherwise disparate, compositions together, but the artist’s journey creates a much bigger picture comprised of the two series.
 

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