CHARLES BIERK WHERE
WERE WE?
October 4th – November 1st
Nicholas Metivier Gallery is thrilled to present an exhibition of new paintings by Charles Bierk,
Wherewerewe?
Charles Bierk has spent the last fourteen years immersed in the language of portraiture. He spent the decades before that surrounded by a family of prominent Canadian artists. In this new suite of works, Bierk returns to painting people from the spiderweb of the Toronto art scene: fellow painters, sculptors, and models. He invites them to his studio to be photographed and then sorts through hundreds of these photographs before beginning to paint, searching for a moment that can spark intrigue.
“Workinginlarge-scale,blackandwhiteoilpaint,Iaimtorenderpeoplenotjustastheyappear, butastheyareremembered monumental,complex,andpresent.Thispracticehasalwaysbeen deeplypersonal.Mythesisexhibition,OnLoss,wasrootedinthegriefoflosingbothofmy parentsatayoungage.ThatabsenceshapedthewayIseepeopleandthewayIpaintthem placingthemprominentlyintime,preservingtheirpresence,andcelebratingasimulated permanenceoncanvas.”
- Charles Bierk
52 x 36 in.
$ 32,000.00
40 x 36 in.
$ 26,000.00
Pr evious:
Charles Bierk
Jalil , 2022 oil on canvas 14 x 11 in.
$ 7,000.00
Charles Bierk
Rafa, 2024 oil on canvas 14 x 11 in.
$ 7,000.00
Charles Bierk
Michael , 2022 oil on canvas 14 x 11 in.
$ 7,000.00
Charles Bierk
James, 2024 oil on canvas
66 x 51 in.
$ 40,000.00
Justin, 2023
66 x 51 in.
$ 40,000.00
66 x 51 in.
$ 40,000.00
