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Altman Siegel is delighted to present Stephen Pace’s second exhibition with the gallery. Nudes & Birds focuses on two subjects that enraptured and inspired Pace throughout his long career. Pace immediately took a shine to drawing as a teenager when his mother dropped him off at a local art class in Indiana where a nude model was posing for students. Pace cheekily recalled noting: this was for him. His passion for these subjects is evident in the sensuousness and ease of which he conjures these forms. Refreshingly jocular, Pace’s confident brushwork and inventive palette communicates the pleasure he gleaned from making this work as much as the narrative elements in the compositions do.
This selection, spanning three decades from roughly 1960 - 1990, showcases the artist’s sustained fascination with and development of the female figure, and avian forms. At times just reduced to simple shapes, these pictures convey a...More
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Altman Siegel is delighted to present Stephen Pace’s second exhibition with the gallery. Nudes & Birds focuses on two subjects that enraptured and inspired Pace throughout his long career. Pace immediately took a shine to drawing as a teenager when his mother dropped him off at a local art class in Indiana where a nude model was posing for students. Pace cheekily recalled noting: this was for him. His passion for these subjects is evident in the sensuousness and ease of which he conjures these forms. Refreshingly jocular, Pace’s confident brushwork and inventive palette communicates the pleasure he gleaned from making this work as much as the narrative elements in the compositions do.
This selection, spanning three decades from roughly 1960 - 1990, showcases the artist’s sustained fascination with and development of the female figure, and avian forms. At times just reduced to simple shapes, these pictures convey a...More