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David Richard Gallery is pleased to present Dean Fleming: Gestures and Symbols, Studies from 1977 to 1980. This selection of 18 small studies maps a pivotal period and transition in the aesthetics of Fleming’s artwork moving from the 1970s and into the 1980s. The artworks in this presentation fall roughly into four distinct aesthetic groupings from the noted period and correspond directly to four bodies of paintings from 1977 through 1981, a prolific and creative period in Fleming’s career.
 
Studies were an important part of Fleming’s studio practice as he created many of them prior to and …