For those of you that haven’t been able to catch my body of work, “February, February” I am happy to be presenting a selection of these tablets just down the road in Little Rock. The New Gallery is, well, new… and run by a lovely couple (David and Teresa) determined to bring first-rate programming to Little Rock. It is a beautiful space, and I’m proud to be part of their endeavor.

The New Gallery’s exhibition, February, consists of 28 molded and pressed earthenware tiles finished with bone charcoal and graphite. As viewers enter the exhibition, they are presented with a repetitive line of black, tablet-sized works. From the center of the gallery, with their light-absorbing surfaces, the tablets appear as voids or placeholders. From a distance, they are virtually indistinguishable from one another. Drawing closer to individual works, textures and dimensionality emerge and previously anonymous surfaces reveal finely reproduced details and well-defined compositions. Anonymity and specificity are held together in sharp contrast.