Art work and Photos from "100 Poppies" Exhibition

The front gate with a small flyer.

 I thought I would post some images from my solo show at Brooklyn Box last June. I have included a mix of some art work as well as how it was installed in the galley. The show featured ten paintings and twelve small drawings on ink jet prints. The theme of the exhibition was marking the one hundredth anniversary of the starting of World War 1.

100 Lupin's- Tannenburg 1914-2014. Oil on panel 16"x20", 2014. This painting was created by repeating a simple gesture of a Lupin flower one hundred times.

"100 Years of Poppies" Mixed Medium on paper shopping bags. 4 feet by 16 feet. 2014. This large work was created to take up one wall of the gallery. 100 paper poppies forms are arranged in a grid, like a calender. Each poppies can be thought of as representing one year of time. The five years of World War 1 are represented in the lower left corner. They are blackened with charcoal. Moving from left to right row by row we reach the present time in the upper right corner.

Twelve small drawings over ink jet prints. 8"x10" framed.

"Six Poppies painted 100 times". Oil on Panel. 2014.

Trying to photograph "100 Poppies".

"100 Lupins of Tannenburg 1914-2014". Oil on panel 2014. This painting was my first attempt at reproducing the Lupen flower shape and form.

My solo show at Brooklyn Box- Opening June 7

announcing... One Hundred Years of Poppies, 1914 to 2014 Paintings by Robert Gould  Detail of “100 Poppies Painted 6 times” Oil on Panel 24" x 32" Robert Gould is presenting paintings coinciding with the one hundredth anniversary of the start of World War One. The paintings represent a reimagining of the passing of 100 years depicted in plant forms which mark out yearly cycles of growth and death. One Hundred Years of Poppies, 1914–2014  will be on view from Saturday, June 7th – Sunday, June 29th Opening reception: Saturday, June 7th from 6–9pm We hope to see you there!   bkbx [Brooklyn Box] is an exhibition space located in the former National Packing Box Factory on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY. bkbx was founded by eleven artists and is a project-in-residence at Proteus Gowanus. A portion of all bkbx sales go to support Proteus Gowanus. bkbx 543 Union Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 Visit our website: bkbxgallery.com And "like" us on Facebook Copyright © 2014 bkbx (Brooklyn Box), All rights reserved.