Please join us at the opening reception for our new exhibition.
In Gallery 1: Calvin Burton "Canopy"
In Gallery 2: Javier Piñón

Burton’s gestural, abstract paintings explore the ambivalent nature of the American imaginary. Born in Roanoke, Virginia and raised in Lake Tahoe, Burton’s work reflects his interest in political philosophy, history, and the mythic American frontier. Often large in scale, they consider monumental architecture and landscape as allegories for the persistent optimism of the American Dream—drawn from such sources as Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, modernist deck homes, and contemporary skyscrapers, as well as the hills, valleys, and mountains of the perpetually shifting American wilderness.

Though born in Miami, Piñón moved at an early age to Houston, Texas. It was there that he formed a fascination with the American West and its masculine archetype, the cowboy. In his carefully constructed collages, Piñón shows his hero being bucked and thrown from mountains of Chippendale chairs or riding on the backs of crystal chandeliers in a state of triumph.