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Artist Statement:
My work ,as the totem format
may indicate, digs deep
withing certain traditional
forms of art. Ancient cave
art forms a space orientation
not dissimilar to the space of
a temple or of a cathedral.
The sculptural direction in my
work establish and reflect a
felt environment and evoke
a...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2006 55 Mercer Gallery New
York, New York
2004 55 Mercer Gallery, New
York, New York
2002 55 Mercer Gallery, New
York, New York
2001 55 Mercer Gallery, New
York, New York
1998 Hanson Galleries, New
Orleans
1996 Deutch Bank Gallery, New
York, New York
1995 Caesarea...
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Collections:
Public COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)
Arkansas Art Center, Little
Rock, Arkansas
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New
York
Asheville Art Museum,
Asheville, North Carolina
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay,
Oregon
Continental Insurance Company,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
General Electric Company, New
York, NY
Hickory Museum of Art,
Hickory, North Carolina
International Telephone and
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Reviews for Richard Pitts:
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I was reminded of both Jean Dubuffet and Roy Lichtenstein when I first saw the work of Richard Pitts, who makes his reliefs and totems out of woodcuts mounted on wood supports. He shares with both a certain childlike goofiness-a love of cartoony shapes and bright clear colors-but in keeping his language purely abstract he leaves open the possibility of multiple readings. Is that a bird's head or the neck of a fiddle? A lightning bolt or a drunken snake? But then again, why bother to assign real-world equivalents when the works just asked to be loved for their own buoyant personalities?
It seems strange to think of sculpture as “lovable”; though it often invites touch, sculpture is seldom what one would call “touchy-feely” or even “warm.” Yet this artist makes work that is human and humane in scale and invites us, if only for a brief time, to lighten up and enjoy the trip.
Ann Landi is a contributing editor of ARTnews and the author of the Schirmer Encyclopedia of Art.
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