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The Green Gallery is pleased to introduce Richard Galling for the 2022 Paris Internationale.

This new suite of paintings continues to address themes of Galling’s recent work. Thinking through the performative nature of representation in our moment; Galling borrows text that may be seen in advertising/marketing and it pairs with other visual and art historical cues.

The work negotiates what feels like an absurd present where representational structures seem to fluctuate on a whim. Given variables present in these paintings, affect and perform, often offsetting and subverting one’s initial reading. The slippery nature of language and representation are nothing new but the pace at which it (d)evolves seems momentarily keyed in.

In these paintings, visual and textual language posit a kind of false hope or cruel optimism. They present visual situations that are intentionally riddled with some confusion. Perhaps the paintings use absurdity and play as a way out. These strategies help us to redirect our understanding of representation at a time when such feels constantly over-managed.

Richard Galling - Virtue, Friends, Caterpillar, Star, Flower Star, Flowers, Sun, Striped Frame, 2022 - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Virtue, Friends, Caterpillar, Star, Flower Star, Flowers, Sun, Striped Frame, —2022

oil and alkyd on canvas

Richard Galling - Lifestyle, Goblin, Flowers, 2022 - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Lifestyle, Goblin, Flowers, —2022

oil, alkyd, stretched treated vinyl, and stained stretcher bars

Lifestyle, Goblin, Flowers, Stars, Gridded Hearts, Floral Grid, Striped Frame - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Lifestyle, Goblin, Flowers, Stars, Gridded Hearts, Floral Grid, Striped Frame, —2022

oil and alkyd on canvas

Self-heal, Flowers, Stars, Stripes - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Self-heal, Flowers, Stars, Stripes, —2022

oil and alkyd on canvas

Virtue, Friends, Caterpillar, Stars, Hearts, Flowers, Floral Grid - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Virtue, Friends, Caterpillar, Stars, Hearts, Flowers, Floral Grid, —2022

oil and alkyd on linen

Richard Galling - Lifestyle, Goblin, Stars, Striped Frame, 2022 - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Lifestyle, Goblin, Stars, Striped Frame, —2022

oil, alkyd, stretched treated vinyl, and stained stretcher bars

Self-heal, Flowers, Hearts, Stars, Suns - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Self-heal, Flowers, Hearts, Stars, Suns, —2022

oil and alkyd on canvas

Self-heal, Flowers, Gridded Stars, Sun - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Self-heal, Flowers, Gridded Stars, Sun, —2022

oil and alkyd on canvas

Lifestyle, Goblin, Stars, Flowers - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Lifestyle, Goblin, Stars, Flowers, —2022

oil and alkyd on canvas

Lifestyle, Goblin, Flowers, Stripes - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Lifestyle, Goblin, Flowers, Stripes, —2022

oil, alkyd, stretched treated vinyl, and stained stretcher bars

PLUR, Stars, Flowers, Grid, Stripes, Striped Frame - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
PLUR, Stars, Flowers, Grid, Stripes, Striped Frame, —2022

oil, alkyd, stretched treated vinyl, and stained stretcher bars

Virtue, PLUR, Figure, Flowers, Floral Grid, Star, Suns, Striped and Gridded Frame - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Virtue, PLUR, Figure, Flowers, Floral Grid, Star, Suns, Striped and Gridded Frame, —2022

oil, alkyd, stretched treated vinyl, and stained stretcher bars

Friends, Flowers, Stars, Floral Grid, Stripes, Striped Grid - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Friends, Flowers, Stars, Floral Grid, Stripes, Striped Grid, —2022

oil and alkyd on canvas

Self-Heal, Figure (with Starred Face, Gridded Shirt and Striped Hair), Stars, Stripes, - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Self-Heal, Figure (with Starred Face, Gridded Shirt and Striped Hair), Stars, Stripes,, —2022

oil, alkyd, stretched treated vinyl, and stained stretcher bars

Self-Heal, Figure with Gridded Face, Stars, Flowers - © Paris Internationale
Richard Galling
Self-Heal, Figure with Gridded Face, Stars, Flowers, —2022

oil and alkyd on canvas

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