“Always Thinking of You:
Paintings and Recent Constructions”
by Gerald Nichols
(Pieces shown from left to right)
- Harvester, 2007, plywood, glass, lantern slide, lamp, bowling balls, tape rolls
- Summer Red Bird, 1990-2007, paint and stirring sticks on J.J. Audubon reproduction
- Untitled, 2006, glass plate negatives on de-silvered mirror, wood shelf
- Delaware Water Gap, 1998, enamel paint on framed engraving
- Droplets, 2000-2006, cut paper, vintage photographic printing frames
- Katydid and Studio, 1993, cut paper, pins, oil on canvas
- For Max, 2007, tape on painted cutting board, cast metal
(Pieces shown from left to right)
- Cardinal Advice, 1995-2006, oil on canvas, wood shelf
- I want! I want!, 2007 (detail), plywood, bowling balls, metal can, enamel paint
- Channel, 2007, saw horses, plywood, pins, mica, ruler, triangle, modeling clay
- Night Light (Ursa Major), 2007, playwood, lightbulbs, plastic cups, chalk, rock salt, glass disc, tape
- A Winter Hunt, 2007 (on floor), lime, salt, shim packet, snow goggles, grasses
- Icebergs, Icebergs From Greenland, For Example, 2007, plywood, hollowed eggs, canvas tarp, wire, buttons, lid, tape
(Pieces shown from left to right)
- Chair, and Men Shoveling Chairs, 1998- 2007, oil paint on museum postcard (Men Shoveling Chairs, attributed to Rogier Van der Weyden, 1445-50), painted Marcel Breuer "Wassily" chair
- A Telescopic View of the New Moon, 2007, vellum, tape, pins, masked spotlight, painted wood shelf
- Albatross, 2007, marble, wood shelf, lead weights, lamp
- Ghost, 2007
- I want! I want!, 2007 (detail) plywood, bowling balls, metal can, enamel paint
Photographs courtesy Lisa Spera and the artist.