Patricia Watwood Dacia Gallery NYC

Venus Apocalypse

June 5 - July 7, 2013

Dacia Gallery 53 Stanton Street

NYC

Venus Apocalypse

On June 6, Venus Apocalypse, an exhibition of Patricia Watwood ‘s new work, opens at Dacia Gallery, New York. In a dozen paintings and drawings the artist places female nudes within dystopian urban landscapes, further exploring themes introduced in her

2012 solo exhibition at the Forbes Gallery, New York. By juxtaposing classical figuration, particularly the archetype of Venus, with environmental decay, Watwood suggests the necessity of cultural and ecological transformation, and the enduring

primacy of feminine power and aesthetic beauty.

“I am not so much interested in women as a subject as I am in women as a presence. I’m not trying to create an object so much as a force.” - Patricia Watwood

Venus Apocalypse

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2013, Oil on canvas 64 x 40 inches

Drawing for Venus Apocalypse 2012, Pencil and gold watercolor on toned paper

22 x 15 inchesEE

Faith in the Wilderness

BB 2011, Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches (oval)

“Beauty cannot be sundered from understanding or desire. The most abstract and intel-lectual beauty provokes the urge to possess it no less than the sensual inspires the passion to know it better…. No easy distinction between body and spirit, inner and outer, super-

ficial and deep can accommodate its complexity.” - Alexander Nehamas.

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Fallen Angel

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2012, Oil on canvas30 x 30 inches

Study for Fallen Angel 2012, Sanguine and chalk on toned paper 15 x 20 inches

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On Beauty(They say) Art no longer produces Beauty.

She produces meaningbut

(I say) One cannot paint a picture of or make an image of a woman

and not deal with the concept of Beauty.-Marlene Dumas

Drawing for Sleeping Venus2012, Pencil and gold watercolor on toned paper22 x 15 inches

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Sleeping Venus 2013, Oil on canvas

40 x 40 inches

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Venus Awakes

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2011, Oil on canvas38 x 34 inches

“Beauty is the name of a particular interaction between two beings, a “self ” and an “Other”: “I find an Other beautiful….Value is always central to the meaning of beauty.” - Wendy Steiner

2013, Oil on canvas 32 x 20 inches

Danae

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2013, Oil on canvas16 x 12 inches

Red Sibyl

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2013, Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches

Blue Sibyl

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Imago/Imagination2013, Oil on canvas

22 x 17 inches

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Paintings:Venus Apocalypse, 2013, oil on canvas,  64 x 40 inches soldSleeping Venus, 2013, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches $24,000Venus Awakes, 2011, oil on canvas, 38 x 34 inches $22,000Fallen Angel, 2012, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches $14,000Faith in the Wilderness, 2011, oil on canvas 16 x 20 oval $9,500Red Sibyl, 2013, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 inches $4,000Blue Sibyl, 2013, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches $6,000Danae, 2013, oil on canvas, 32 x 20 inches $14,000Imago/Imagination, 2013, oil on canvas, 17 x 22 inches $12,500

Dacia Gallery53 Stanton Street, New York, NY 10002(917) 727-9383

PatriciaWatwood.com

Drawings: $1500 eachDrawing for Venus Apocalypse, 2012, pencil and gold watercolor on toned paper, 22 x 15 inchesDrawing for Sleeping Venus, 2012, pencil and gold watercolor on toned paper, 22 x 15 inches

Drawing for Fallen Angel, 2012, sanguine and chalk on toned paper, 15 x 22 inches

Price List

Catalog design: Mary Von der HeydtPhotography: Stefan Hagen

All images copyright Patricia Watwood

Patricia WatwoodVenus ApocalypseDacia Gallery, NYC

June 3, 2013

Venus Apocalypse