Julian Stanczak David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico by Amanda Malloy Visual Art Source / Fabrik One of the pioneers of the Optical Art movement, Julian Stanczak’s work is geometrically precise, vibrant, and full of kinetic energy. The works in “Dynamic Fields” have been selected from multiple collections, covering several decades. Several pieces here have never been previously exhibited. While the selections offer a wonderful survey of Stanczak’s styles, the collectio

Patsy Krebs, "Tunisia," 1966, gouache on paper, 7 3/4 x 7 3/4" “Park Place Gallery: Founders and Friends, Then and Now” David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico by Jordan Eddy When David Richard Gallery was located in Santa Fe’s Railyard Arts District, the space was best-known for its exhibitions of Op Art from the 1960’s to the present. A move to Pacheco Street in 2015 marked a clear shift in the gallery’s direction. Historic works still hide in the back corners, but youn

David Richard Gallery is pleased to present, Woven and Stitched, a solo exhibition of selected textiles by artist Judy Chicago that were created from 1983 through 2000 and part of Birth Project and Resolutions for the Millennium: A Stitch In Time. These works examine not only our birth, but how we can live as human beings in a global community by taking a new look at old proverbs and words of wisdom—a thought provoking collection of powerful images and texts. Chicago’s femini

Eric Zammitt, Plank Two, Plexiglass LA-based Eric Zammitt’s aesthetic contains slickly abstract sculpture and assemblage works that are constructed from tiny bits of Plexiglas. They often adhere to precisely geometric layouts, but their palette of vibrant colors makes them feel unexpectedly spontaneous and fresh. Like mosaics, Zammitt’s compositions form carefully structured areas of pattern and color, but the space-age media he employs make them decidedly futuristic. The art

Visual Art Source December 12, 2011 The Palm Springs Fine Art Fair’s Lifetime Achievement Award will go to legendary first generation feminist artist, Judy Chicago. As part of the award, David Richard Contemporary of Santa Fe, who represents Chicago, will present "Judy Chicago, Material Girl," an exhibition highlighting her multimedia art-making practice that has spanned over 50 years and featuring her work in acrylics, needlework, paper and glass. Judy Chicago will be in at

“Venetian,” is comprised of twenty-four oil on canvas paintings and gouache works on paper whose figurative compositions are subsumed under obfuscating scrims of vertical lines that evoke and upturn the blinds’ fragmentation of perspective. The commonplace window coverings that we designate today as Venetian blinds trace their origins to what is now modern-day Iran. Discovered by Venetian merchants in the 18th century, and taking immediate hold in France, where they are commo

Visual Art Source March 3, 2011 a.k.a Zen examines the diverse means by which recent abstraction registers and reconfigures Zen Buddhist traditions. #AKAZen #VisualArtSource #DavidRichardContemporary