{"id":2529,"date":"2022-08-30T12:47:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T12:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dartmagazine.com\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2022-08-30T12:47:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T12:47:21","slug":"now-not-seen-ford-crull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartmagazine.com\/?p=2529","title":{"rendered":"Now Not Seen…. Ford Crull"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Jen Williams Dragon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ford Crull\u2019s paintings are known for their symbology, gestural forms and kaleidoscopic spaces.  Originally from Seattle, Crull emerged in the Lower East Side in the early \u201880s and has continued to exude the rugged spirit of that explosive cultural  era in New York City.  In his latest solo exhibition, Many Rivers to Cross<\/em>, recently at the Happy Hour Gallery, Crull embraces an abstract musicality in artworks that have been, for the most part, painted during the Pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now Not Seen….\u00a9 Ford Crull 2021, oil, oil stick, enamel on canvas, 36″ x 48″ inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Along with his embrace of prismatic colors and profound lights and darks, Ford Crull presents a quiet spiritualism that has only deepened with time. Hearts dissolve into faces, crosses become clovers and stars, butterflies merge with hearts, and stars melt into astral light. Incomplete asemic phrases, as random as a thought but as profound as an incantation float in and out of the painting straddling both form and meaning.  In Now Not Seen<\/em> a flock of hearts flutters into a blue field while the words \u201cNow Not Seen\u201d float brokenly down about them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many Rivers to Cross \u00a9 Ford Crull 2019, oil paint, enamel, oil stick on canvas 62 \u00d7 72 \u00d7 1 1_2 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The largest of the paintings, (and the namesake of the show), Many Rivers to Cross <\/em>has the epic proportions and drama of a  true romantic painting as it emanates a glowing musicality. The shimmering golden light through the brushwork of a burning red field has a power and hopefulness as fierce as a bonfire creating the ultimate transformation. It is the ecstasy of space and being, the power of light and dark, and the passage of day to night that is the paradoxical twilight\/dawn world of Ford Crull. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some works from Many Rivers to Cross<\/em> are curated into the current group exhibition, The Living Water, through September 15 at the Happy Hour Gallery  670 Mtk Hwy, Water Mill. NY 11976<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Jen Williams Dragon Ford Crull\u2019s paintings are known for their symbology, gestural forms and kaleidoscopic spaces.  Originally from Seattle, Crull emerged in the Lower East Side in the early \u201880s and has continued to exude the rugged spirit of that explosive cultural  era in New York City.  In his latest solo exhibition, Many Rivers … <\/p>\n

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