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Darren Waterston Exhibition: Split the Lark

11/05/14

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Split the Lark, 2014, oil on wood panel, 48 x 72 inches

Split the Lark is an exhibition of new paintings and architectural forms by Darren Waterston at the DC Moore Gallery in New York. The opening reception is November 6th from 6-8pm and the exhibition continues through December 20, 2014. A catalogue with an essay by Jacques Khalip accompanies the exhibition.

"The work on view looks to the improbable images and the charged warning of an Emily Dickinson poem to explore the mystery of interiority and the boundaries we violate to satisfy our desire to know."Click for full press release.

Darren was Oxbow's Visiting Artist in Residence for OS21. darrenwaterston.com.

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