PATRICK BAYLY – LIKE A LION, MY HANDS AND MY FEET
2020-09-14Like a lion, my hands and my feet, is a solo exhibition by New York based Patrick Bayly which consists of a quartet of paintings, each composed with a dominant color that also is its title–violet, yellow, red and green. The major color of one work returns as an accent in the other works. For example, violet has a glowing green bar of soap; red has a green neon “BAR” sign; and green has an orange plastic crate. Bayly’s paintings are at once whimsical and sinister; his neon palette produces a dramatic mood that is further heightened through pose, gesture and juxtaposition. In violet, two people reach down to a figure slumped on a checkered bathroom floor; in green, one person wearing a hazmat suit digs a hole while another plays the drums and in yellow, a woman holds a watering can as she stands in front of a curtain adorned with scenes from an orgy. The scenes are difficult to decipher, but the moods are palpable.
Opposite – red, bedroom, 2020
Exhibition runs through to October 10th, 2020
Steve Turner
6830 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles
CA 90038
