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Voices in the Dark

JJ MurphyNov 14, 2024 — Dec 21, 2024
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b. 1968, United States
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JJ MURPHY GALLERY is pleased to present Nora Sturges's solo exhibition of recent paintings, “Voices in the Dark,” opening Wednesday, November 13, 2024, from 6–8 PM. The show runs from November 14 through December 21. Gallery hours: Thursday–Saturday, 12–6 PM. This is the artist’s first solo show in New York City and coincides with the major exhibition “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In her small-scale, delicate gouache paintings on panel—4.5 x 6, 6 x 6, and 6 x 8 inches—Nora Sturges mines late medieval Italian frescoes to explore the more mysterious and engaging aspects of them. The visionary artist Bob Thompson (1937–1966) borrowed heavily from the Old Masters—from Piero della Francesca to Poussin and Goya—to give structure to his paintings. Sturges is inspired by various elements of the medieval works, especially the small details and their spatial complexity. She does not so much translate the frescoes as reimagine them within...More expand_more

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53 Stanton St, New York, NY 10002, USA
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SOLO EXHIBITION

Voices in the Dark

JJ MurphyNov 14, 2024 — Dec 21, 2024
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JJ MURPHY GALLERY is pleased to present Nora Sturges's solo exhibition of recent paintings, “Voices in the Dark,” opening Wednesday, November 13, 2024, from 6–8 PM. The show runs from November 14 through December 21. Gallery hours: Thursday–Saturday, 12–6 PM. This is the artist’s first solo show in New York City and coincides with the major exhibition “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In her small-scale, delicate gouache paintings on panel—4.5 x 6, 6 x 6, and 6 x 8 inches—Nora Sturges mines late medieval Italian frescoes to explore the more mysterious and engaging aspects of them. The visionary artist Bob Thompson (1937–1966) borrowed heavily from the Old Masters—from Piero della Francesca to Poussin and Goya—to give structure to his paintings. Sturges is inspired by various elements of the medieval works, especially the small details and their spatial complexity. She does not so much translate the frescoes as reimagine them within...More expand_more

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53 Stanton St, New York, NY 10002, USA
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b. 1968, United States
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