Fraser Gallery is pleased to present collideAscope, the fifth solo exhibition of paintings by British born, NYC based artist, David FeBland.

The New York Times has called him “the leading edge of the new urban realists.” Other critics have also been impressed by his work. The Washington Post described the paintings as “brash, bizarre and beautifully painted oils of life in the Big Apple.” A second Washington Post critic wrote that “FeBland’s oil paintings have been compared to a modern rebirth of the Ashcan School and his portrayal of New York and its citizens delivers a visual punch that positions him on the leading edge of the new urban realism.” Art in America described his work as doing "a kind of Ashcan School at a raw hip-hop pace... unforgettable!”

About his most recent work, Febland writes; Some years ago, I began to produce paintings that expressed my best and worst impulses. Depicting elements I both feared and loved, I imbued anonymous figures with swaggering power, elevated faceless nobodies to subject status and filled the picture plane with stalking female mastodons, all in the service of expressing the anxiety of my urban life.

The body of work you will see at Fraser explores the ever-modulating space between aspiration and reality. It’s an uncomfortable space for some, that sense of not quite being where or what you think you are – a mental state filled with frission not unlike the combustible edge of colliding urban neighborhoods, its corporeal equivalent. After depicting just such city spaces for many years, I grew to understand that the concept of an edge - or more precisely the gap between them - was as much a state of mind as a physical reality and therefore eminently transportable. And so you see before you a body of vaguely autobiographical paintings embracing a variety of settings reflecting my everyday life, my travels grand and mundane, realized and imaginary.”

THE EXHIBITION

Unless otherwise noted, artwork is available. Please call 301/718-9651 or email the gallery for more information.

"Big Box Theory"
Oil on Linen. 18 x 36 inches

"Blueswalk"
Oil on Wood. 16 x 12 inches

"Carefree"
Oil on Canvas. 24 x 18 inches

"Devotional"
Oil on Linen. 18 x 36 inches

"Head to Heaven"
Oil on Canvas. 28 x 52 inches

"Ka'aba"
Oil on Canvas. 44 x 72 inches

"Keystone"
Oil on Canvas. 36 x 84 inches

"Laws of Physics"
Oil on Canvas. 32 x 42 inches

"Lifecycle"
Oil on Canvas. 24 x 18 inches

"Not Kansas"
Oil on Canvas. 48 x 42 inches

"No Trip to Hungary"
Oil on Panel. 18 x 24 inches

"Path of Escape"
Oil on Linen. 18 x 36 inches

"Plaza"
Oil on Canvas. 18 x 24 inches

"Redhead"
Oil on Canvas. 24 x 18 inches

"Samba Sabado"
Oil on Canvas. 48 x 72 inches

"Sex Sells"
Oil on Canvas. 42 x 32 inches

"Slated for Removal"
Oil on Linen. 18 x 26 inches

"Stages of Dan"
Oil on Canvas. 18 x 36 inches

"Subterranean"
Oil on Canvas. 44 x 50 inches

"The Last Cassette"
Oil on Canvas. 28 x 52 inches

"The New Land"
Oil on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

"Together"
Oil on Panel. 20 x 16 inches

"Watching You"
Oil on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

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