Presentation
Charles Buckley received an MFA, Hunter College, and a BFA in painting, California College of Arts in Oakland. Buckley's progression paintings on multiple canvases are an investigation of the construction of narrative and progress. Rendered in bright colors and evocative of a classic Pop Art style, Buckley draws inspiration for his figures and objects from mid-20th century manuals and textbooks. Buckley lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Artist Statement:
Painting is evidence. Evidence of action, evidence of thought and evidence of being. As a practice it is a means of engaging with the world and investigating our notions.
A painting can be a brilliant conversation piece, yet is incomplete without leakage. Leakage is the area where things cannot be explained rationally yet fit within the logic of the painting and seem to be known; where a narrative develops on the horizon between rational thought and uncertainty.
The progression paintings are, in part, an investigation of the construction of narrative. They're based on the linear and arbitrary, yet essential, nature of beginning/middle/end of storytelling. In this way they are, also, about notions of progress.
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