All the Artificial Barriers

Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery is pleased to present “All The Artificial Barriers”, a solo exhibition of new and recent works by New York-based, Dominican artist Gerard Ellis. It includes large, mixed media works on canvas, as well as medium and small size works on wood panels. Ellis' last solo show was in 2013 at the Thomas Jaeckel Gallery. The show is part of the gallery's New York City branch program.

We live in a world saturated with information and in an ever more technologically and social media influenced life, where the basics of a simple face-to-face interaction seems, at moments, to be fading away. In “All The Artificial Barriers”, the artist explores the everyday life relations, the dualistic nature of things and how we tend to drive ourselves more and more away from the real world and dive into a virtual reality.

Our Latest Breed, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 50h x 74w in

Paseo en Domingo, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 70h x 60w in

Juegos de Adultos, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 64w in

Hunting Season is Always Open, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 62h x 48w in

Self, 2016, Acrylic and pencil on wood panel, 18h x 18w in

Joyful Wasteland, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 48h x 64w in

Colossus, 2016, Acrylic and pencil on wood panel, 36h x 36w in

She's A Star II, 2015-2016, Acrylic and charcoal over wood, 48h x 48w in

I Want to See You (de la serie Sacred), 2017, Acrylic and collage on canvas, 40h x 67w in

Illusion III, 2017, Acrylic and collage on canvas, 40h x 40w in. Private Collection

Territorio, 2016, Acrylic and pencil on wood panel, 30h x 40w in