Rene Ricard: Love at the End
Petersburg Press
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"Somewhere here is hidden a heart / find it. For 2 Years I couldn't / This was the closest thing." -Rene Ricard
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Works from the archive of Petersburg Press.
Valentine's Day in the style of Rene Ricard: sardonic, sly, sometimes earnest, and always poetic, these works were created by the artist for his first one-man exhibition in the Petersburg Gallery, New York, in 1990.
"Then in walks, yes, Tony, and I forgot what..."
The Blue Book, 1989.
Oil on canvas. 60 x 42.5 in
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"How your love soothes”
Brillo across my heart, 1989.
Oil paint on metal cabinet 24” x 21”
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"Somewhere here is Hidden a heart"
Torso (T or So), 1989.
Mixed media on canvas. In collaboration with Ed Bryzinski. 24” x 18”
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“I love you / a modern way of saying goodbye"
Chinese Baby, 1989.
Mixed media on paper 40” x 26”
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Love in Brooklyn, 1990.
Mixed media on paper 40” x 26”
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“Valentine’s day? It was this week?"
Valentine’s Day, 1990.
Acrylic and paint stick on bulletin board 60” x 21.5”
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Comedy of Eros, 1989.
Acrylic over silkscreen ground 40” x 26”
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"...plunging together into oblivion”
Love at the End, 1989.
Oil and pencil on paper 28.5”x 38”
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