Jeff Robinson: Nostaglias

JEFF ROBINSON: Nostaglias

SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART

SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART 2004 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108 816.221.2626 sherryleedy.com

Cover image: Celebration Design by: Allison King Photo credit: E.G. Schempf

JEFF ROBINSON: Nostaglias February 5 - March 20, 2021

at SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART

“I believe that art, like the moments captured in these images, is alchemy. Lightning in a

bottle. In this collection, my goal was to take singular, idiosyncratic elements and create a

unified whole through the transportive power of nostalgia. I hope you enjoy the journey.”

-Jeff Robinson, 2021

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JEFF ROBINSON: Nostaglias SLCA is pleased to present our inaugural exhibition of paintings by Jeff Robinson, Nostalgias. In this series, of black and white and gray large-scale paintings and intimate works on paper, Robinson breathes new life into snapshots of the recent past. A couple celebrating New Year’s Eve, society women dressed in furs, and swing dancers are all caught in brief impressions. These paintings give transitory glimpses of life back then, of an age that already feels bygone. Viewers are transformed as visitors, tourists, invited to engage with fleeting moments that we recognize and, perhaps, even long for.

Equally important is how the painter convinces us of the truth of this experience. The subject matter seems familiar, as amateur photography from an extremely interesting family album, but upon close inspection each painted image is made of entirely abstract shapes of shades of light and dark. What seems to be a woman’s face from afar is revealed to be abstraction upon closer view. Realism dissolves into shape and value and the artist, as the blue-collar worker of culture and the translator of the painted experience, takes a well-deserved bow.

Jeff Robinson lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri. His work is in the corporate collections of The New York Times, Nike Corporation, Time Warner, American General Insurance, St. Regis Hotels, American Century Investments, and the Albrecht Kemper Museum.

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Dancers 2020 Acrylic on paper 30” x 22”

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Cafe Society 2020 Acrylic on canvas 60” x 72”

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Celebration 2020 Acrylic on paper 30” x 22”

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Cafe 2020 Acrylic on paper 22” x 30”

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Swingin’ 2020 Acrylic on canvas 72” x 60”

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Hula Hoop 2020 Acrylic on paper 30” x 22”

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Glassware 2020 Acrylic on paper 22” x 30”

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Mixer 2020 Acrylic on canvas 60” x 60”

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Prom 2020 Acrylic on paper 22” x 30”

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Gala 2020 Acrylic on paper 30” x 22”

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Traffic 2020 Acrylic on paper 22” x 30”

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54 2020 Acrylic on paper 30” x 22”

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Cocktails 2020 Acrylic on paper 22” x 30”

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Down The Shore 2020 Acrylic on paper 30” x 22”

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The Dance 2020 Acrylic on paper 22” x 30”

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TV Stand 2020 Acrylic on paper 30” x 22”

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Twister 2020 Acrylic on paper 22” x 30”

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The Twirl 2020 Acrylic on paper 30” x 22”

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SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART 2004 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108 816.221.2626 sherryleedy.com