Truth and Reflection
Truth and Reflection
by William Doebele
December 2 - 9, 2014
chashama 461 Gallery
461 West 126th Street
New York, NY 10027
Opening Reception:
Friday, December 5, 6-8pm
Open Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 12-6pm
Sunday, 2-6pm
Truth and reflection is an exhibition of the works of William Doebele. These works deal with the questions of appearance, change, interpretation and authenticity in both painting and identity. Their focus is on the body and paint as they express somatic and formalist narratives. The main narratives are ideas of sexuality, aging, materiality and disappearance. There is a phenomenological tension between what is (the fact) and the interpretive realities that we construct. Influenced by artists such as Albert York, Velasquez, de Kooning and Japanese art, Doebele seeks to express the poetics of the painted image. Working with oil paints in both traditional methods and modernist modalities, Doebele hopes to create a relationship between the skin of the paint and the abstraction of the image. Many of the small and intimate paintings are images may seem vague or unresolved. To Doebele the works, regardless of imagery, are ultimately painted objects.
This exhibit is supported by a grant from the West Harlem Development Corporation.
Artist Website: www.williamdoebele.com
Artist Biography:
Born Cambridge Ma in 1963, William Doebele is a New York City based oil painter. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on a Presidential merit Scholarship. After graduation he spent 2 years in Japan studying the language, art and cultural. When he returned he moved to NYC where he spent several years studying at the Art Students League and studying privately with several artists. In 1995 he received a MFA cum laude from the New York Academy of Art. His works have been shown in exhibitions throughout the country.
by William Doebele
December 2 - 9, 2014
chashama 461 Gallery
461 West 126th Street
New York, NY 10027
Opening Reception:
Friday, December 5, 6-8pm
Open Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 12-6pm
Sunday, 2-6pm
Truth and reflection is an exhibition of the works of William Doebele. These works deal with the questions of appearance, change, interpretation and authenticity in both painting and identity. Their focus is on the body and paint as they express somatic and formalist narratives. The main narratives are ideas of sexuality, aging, materiality and disappearance. There is a phenomenological tension between what is (the fact) and the interpretive realities that we construct. Influenced by artists such as Albert York, Velasquez, de Kooning and Japanese art, Doebele seeks to express the poetics of the painted image. Working with oil paints in both traditional methods and modernist modalities, Doebele hopes to create a relationship between the skin of the paint and the abstraction of the image. Many of the small and intimate paintings are images may seem vague or unresolved. To Doebele the works, regardless of imagery, are ultimately painted objects.
This exhibit is supported by a grant from the West Harlem Development Corporation.
Artist Website: www.williamdoebele.com
Artist Biography:
Born Cambridge Ma in 1963, William Doebele is a New York City based oil painter. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on a Presidential merit Scholarship. After graduation he spent 2 years in Japan studying the language, art and cultural. When he returned he moved to NYC where he spent several years studying at the Art Students League and studying privately with several artists. In 1995 he received a MFA cum laude from the New York Academy of Art. His works have been shown in exhibitions throughout the country.
