Shiba Ward: New Works

shiba ward | new works

shiba ward | new works

june 8 - august 2, 2006 Shiba Ward paints small. His paintings are quiet. They whisper. In each work, the artist opens a window into his world - the world of the contemporary American city: telephone poles, advertisements, distinctive colors, the textures of the everyday world. Ward finds richness there.

Workaday imagery has its roots in the American Scene tradition of the 1930s and 1940s. These paintings celebrated people braving a Depression in the modern world. One American artist, Edward Hopper, conspicuously omitted people in his paintings of the Depression. Hopper’s cities were often empty; suggesting, perhaps, the loneliness of the big city.

Shiba Ward’s scenes are often uninhabited too, but the sense of loneliness is rarely present.

Rather, there is a sense of pause within a narrative. Who will meet at Phillipe’s? Where is the train bound? Who lives behind the shadowed door? The artist’s interest in the shapes and textures of his new environment are clearly evident, but there is more. The attention lavished on the details of these places elevates them. In so doing, Ward makes art out of the everyday.

Sullivan Goss first began showing Ward’s work while he was in his last semester at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He debuted in a 2004 Sullivan Goss exhibition entitled, “In Search of America: Art of the American Scene.” New Works is his first solo exhibition.

to preview this exhibition online, please visit: http://www.sullivangoss.com/exhibits/ward_2006.asp

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Phillipe’s, 2006

8 x 6 inches

acrylic on panel

Maintenance, 2006

7.5 x 10.5 inches

acrylic on panel

Twenty Minutes, 2006

9.375 x 9.375 inches

acrylic on panel

The Original, 2006

8 x 6 inches

acrylic on panel

PaciďŹ c Rail, 2006

7.5 x 7.5 inches

acrylic on panel

Engine No. 1533, 2006

7.5 x 7.5 inches

acrylic on panel

South Broadway, 2006

10.5 x 7.5 inches

acrylic on panel

Inspection, 2006

7.5 x 10.5 inches

acrylic on panel

Peterson Plant, 2006

7.625 x 5.625 inches

acrylic on panel

sullivan goss at night saturday, june 10, 2006 | from 5 - 7 pm 7 east anapamu street | santa barbara, ca We are staying open late to welcome artists, collectors, and interested community members to come explore the work of contemporary painter, Shiba Ward, and a curated exhibit from the estate of artist, Dan Lutz. The night will feature a chance for good conversation, refreshments, and a no host bar. Please join us.

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