LA PALETTE: THE CHICAGO PALETTE
GROUP EXHIBITION
ZHOU B SECOND FLOOR EXHIBITION SPACE
2016 | JULY 15 - AUGUST 15
“You can tell a true artist from their palette.”
-Ed Paschke
Dr. Stephen Sheldon began photographing artist’s palettes after noticing they represented a microcosm of their finished work. The large scale, high-resolution documentary photography on view represents over 5 years of shooting these “subconscious signatures” in intimate detail.
Presented here alongside the artist’s painting and palette, La Palette traces artistic production from the palette’s process to the canvas’s finished product. By exposing their color choices, pigment arrangement, and brushwork, Dr. Sheldon’s photographs reveal the working methods and creative processes of these artists.
La Palette also pays homage to the Parisian bistro of the same name, which Paschke frequented after exhibitions at Galerie Darthea Speyer, his French gallerist. Other notable clientele included Picasso, Cezanne, Hemingway and Jim Morrison, earning La Palette the reputation of a gathering spot for creative working across generations and media.
La Palette: The Chicago Palette reflects a similar spirit, featuring a select handful of prominent Chicago artists. The roster evolved organically, as one artist introduced Dr. Sheldon to another, and so on. Not only are the artists connected to each other, many were also friends, colleagues, students and mentees of Paschke as well.
Dr. Sheldon’s artistic sensitivity and scientific precision marry in La Palette. By transforming tools of the trade into artworks in their own right, his photographs make a new understanding and appreciation of these artists work possible.
GROUP EXHIBITION
ZHOU B SECOND FLOOR EXHIBITION SPACE
2016 | JULY 15 - AUGUST 15
“You can tell a true artist from their palette.”
-Ed Paschke
Dr. Stephen Sheldon began photographing artist’s palettes after noticing they represented a microcosm of their finished work. The large scale, high-resolution documentary photography on view represents over 5 years of shooting these “subconscious signatures” in intimate detail.
Presented here alongside the artist’s painting and palette, La Palette traces artistic production from the palette’s process to the canvas’s finished product. By exposing their color choices, pigment arrangement, and brushwork, Dr. Sheldon’s photographs reveal the working methods and creative processes of these artists.
La Palette also pays homage to the Parisian bistro of the same name, which Paschke frequented after exhibitions at Galerie Darthea Speyer, his French gallerist. Other notable clientele included Picasso, Cezanne, Hemingway and Jim Morrison, earning La Palette the reputation of a gathering spot for creative working across generations and media.
La Palette: The Chicago Palette reflects a similar spirit, featuring a select handful of prominent Chicago artists. The roster evolved organically, as one artist introduced Dr. Sheldon to another, and so on. Not only are the artists connected to each other, many were also friends, colleagues, students and mentees of Paschke as well.
Dr. Sheldon’s artistic sensitivity and scientific precision marry in La Palette. By transforming tools of the trade into artworks in their own right, his photographs make a new understanding and appreciation of these artists work possible.