Berry Campbell is pleased to present its fifth exhibition of paintings by Walter Darby Bannard focusing on the years of 1972 to 1976. Around 1970, Bannard’s attention shifted to an exploration of the liquid quality of paint. Drawn to the new acrylic mediums that were becoming available, he began working on the floor using thick gel surfaces and color suspended in Magna or polymer mediums. At the time, he “thought of color as a liquid, flowing over and settling on a roughened surface, changing as it mixed and dried.” He became drawn to close-valued rather than strong colors and often allowed his pale warm grounds to stand alone rather than acting as supports for other colors. This exhibition will feature approximately sixteen paintings from this time. Walter Darby Bannard: See First. Name Later. (Paintings from 1972-1976) opens on Thursday, June 2 and continues through Friday, July 1, 2022.
