Craig Allen Subler "The Edge of the Table" Catalog 2025

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the edge of the table

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Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art 2004 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108 Gallery Director: Sherry Leedy Catalog Design: Celina Curry Find us at: www.sherryleedy.com IG: @sherryleedycontemporaryart FB: @sherryleedycontemporaryart Cover art: Green Tablecloth This page: Three Melons

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PORARY ART PRESENTS:

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e edge of the table

er 7, 2025 - january 24, 2026

the edge of the table “As a pictorial genre I have until recently avoided creating still-life, perhaps mistakenly thinking it was too easy a genre. Then I began studying the 1600 century works by the Spanish artist Juan Sánchez Cotán, and these paintings were a revelation to me. I approached them not as realistic renderings, but as complex abstract compositions.

The spareness of his design and the minimal space was unmistakably modern to me.

Though his melons and vegetables exist in isolation on a black field they are engaged in a visual conversation with each other that invites the viewer to look deeper and contemplate these relationships. It is precisely this interplay between and among the damaged fruits in my works that evoke the inevitable processes of time and the unfolding awareness of climate change affecting our shared future.

The title is a metaphor that alludes to several related issues in my work: to my looking over the table to the long history of still-lifes and particularly the stark geometry of Cotán; to my exploration with elements of form, space, and time in image making; and to my interests in process and new ways of printmaking which uses digital technology.

For me, exploring still-life provided an opportunity to engage with a subject matter that was less controversial. Having recently completed a portfolio of 35 prints focused on the Hiroshima bombing, I welcomed the diversion when the pandemic began. The resulting isolation prompted me to seek a subject matter I had not tackled before, subject matter that could subtly reflect the profound tragedy occurring beyond the studio walls.”

-Craig Allen Subler

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Installation view northwest gallery

Three Oranges Polymer gravure on BFK 21” x 20”

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Melons #4 Digital print on Epson Legacy Etching Paper 21” x 20”

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Edge of the Table Acrylic paint on BFK 23” x 22.5”

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Installation view northeast gallery

Basket of Fruit Digital print on Epson Legacy Etching Paper 21” x 20”

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Strange Object Digital print on Epson Legacy Etching Paper 21” x 20”

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Coffee for Lois Woodcut on BFK 20” x 19”

Cantalou Linoleum on Fab 20” x

upe B&W briano Rosaspina x 19”

Breakfast Linoleum on Lana Cover Bright White 22” x 20”

Installation view northeast gallery

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Cantaloupe Polymer gravure, linoluem, veneer, chine collé on BFK 21” x 20”

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Green Tablecloth Digital print on Epson Legacy Etching Paper 21” x 20”

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Black Bowl, Polymer gravure & chine collé on BFK, 21” x 20”

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Three Melons, Digital print on Epson Legacy Etching Paper, 21” x 20”

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Powdered Milk, Digital print on Epson Legacy Etching Paper, 21” x 20”

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Have and Have Not, Pigmented inkjet on Epson Legacy Etching Paper, 21” x 20”

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Injured Fruit Acrylic paint, colored pencil and digital print on BFK 36” x 36”

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Installation view northeast gallery

Egyptian Squash, Polymer gravure, drypoint, woodcut on BFK, 21” x 20” 28.

Rock, Pear, Orange, Linoleum and woodcut on BFK, 21” x 20” 29.

Melancholy Pear, Polymer gravure on BFK, 21” x 20” 30.

Two Cantaloupes & Four Pears, Polymer gravure, pochoir on BFK, 21” x 20” 31.

One Pear & Two Oranges, Digital print on

n Epson Legacy Etching Paper, 20” x 29”

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Installation view northeast gallery

Reflections in the Window, Digital print on Epson Legacy Etching Paper, 22” x 20” 36.

Black Glass, Linoleum on Fabriano Rosaspina, 21” x 20” 37.

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Installation view northewest gallery

Glass Table, Pigmented inkjet on Epson Legacy Etching Paper, 21” x 20”

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Brown Tablecloth, Digital print on Epson Legacy Etching Paper, 21” x 20”

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