FRED EVERSLEY
Light Lens

September 28 — November 3, 2012

Opening reception: Friday, September 28, 5:00-7:00 PM


David Richard Gallery
Railyard Arts District
544 South Guadalupe Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501 p 505-983-9555
www.DavidRichardGallery.com


Fred Eversley, one of the important Light and Space artists from Los Angeles who, along with his contemporaries DeWain Valentine and Peter Alexander, works with cast resin to explore the limits of visual perception. Energy and kinetics are at the core of Eversley’s art and sculptures. It is more about the energy and movement of the viewing space in relation to the viewer than the physicality of the objects themselves. Eversley’s sculptures are based upon the geometry of the parabola—whether he is using translucent or reflective materials—whereby the intrinsic concave surfaces dictate the physical properties and resulting optical effects, bending and distorting the view of whatever is on the other side. The translucent polyester resin concentrates color in the thickest portion and creates a color gradient that further redefines the space and expands the viewer’s perception. Light Lens is the gallery’s first solo exhibition for Eversley and will feature a selection of his sculptures in polyester and bronze, including a wall piece, and his well known “cathedrals”, “lenses” and “slices.”

Eversley’s sculptures were recently featured in the Getty Museum’s Pacific Standard Time exhibition, Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 at the Hammer Museum, Places of Validation, Art & Progression at the California African American Museum and Pacific Standard Time / Berlin at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. In spring, 2013 his art will also be featured in Luminous! Dynamic! Space and Vision in Art, from Today back to 1913 at the Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais. Fred Eversley’s work has been featured at over 200 exhibitions at prestigious museums, galleries and art festivals worldwide. He was appointed as Artist-in-Residence at the Smithsonian Institute in 1977, and for three years, he had a studio at the National Air and Space Museum. His art is in the permanent collection of 35 museums (including the Whitney and Guggenheim) and he has executed 20 large public artwork commissions. Eversley was honored with the “Lorenzo di Medici” 1st prize for sculpture at the 2001Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea di Firenze in Florence, Italy. He has lived and worked in Venice Beach, California since the 1960s.

David Richard Gallery is located in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District and specializes in post-war abstract art including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, geometric, hard-edge, Op, Pop, Minimalism and conceptualism in a variety of media. Featuring both historic and contemporary artwork, the gallery represents many established artists who were part of important art historical movements and tendencies that occurred during the 1950s through the 1980s on both the east and west coasts. The gallery also represents artist estates, emerging artists and offers secondary market works.

Associated Artist

• Fred Eversley

Associated Exhibitions

• FRED EVERSLEY Light Lens
  September 21, 2012 - November 3, 2012
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Associated News

• April 30, 2019
  How Artist Fred Eversley Went From Consulting for NASA to Creating Otherworldly Sculptures
  ArtNet
  Matt Stromberg
  April 30, 2019
  


• June 1, 2017
  Fred Eversley
  Art in America, 06/01/2017
  Kristen Swenson
  
  


• November 1, 2015
  Fred Eversley - Reinstallation of Parabolic Flight at the Entrance of the Miami International Airport


• November 30, 2012
  FRED EVERSLEY at David Richard Gallery
  ARTnews, December 2012
  Ann Landi
  
  


• September 16, 2012
  Press Release - Fred Eversley "Light Lens"