Virtual Tour: Larry Bell and Wes Mills

Описание: Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Larry Bell and Wes Mills, an exhibition that brings together two minimalist artists whose practices explore light, material, and mark-making in radically distinct yet deeply contemplative ways.The exhibition includes three recent sculptures by Larry Bell and two new series of small works by Wes Mills.

Larry Bell’s Untitled 15″ Cube and recent maquettes including Untitled Coated SS (Kelp/Limoncello/Peacock) and Double Wall with Triangles SS (Zinc/Sand/Spa/Capri) highlight his decades-long investigation into the properties of light and surface. Bell, a leading figure in the Light and Space movement since the 1960s, is known for his pioneering use of industrial processes to coat glass and paper with metallic films. Through intuition and experimentation, Bell continues to push the boundaries of perception and materiality. He has won numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Britain, Phoenix Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, among many others. He has a long-term installation at Dia Beacon in Beacon, NY. Bell lives and works in Taos, NM.

Wes Mills presents works from Drift Fences and Silent Twig, two recent series that reflect his meditative engagement with landscape, memory, and mark-making. In Drift Fences, Mills layers graphite and oil on panel to create mostly white paintings with a spark of color surrounding the graphite marks reminiscent of the way snow moves around drift fences. In Silent Twig, marks made with gold paint overlay soft graphite landscapes drawn from walks on his property in Ojo Caliente, meditating on memory, mortality, and the fleeting marks made in nature. Mills has been an artist for more than forty years and is best known for his expressive yet minimalistic drawings. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Mills exhibitions have been reviewed in the New York Times, Art in America, and Artforum, among others. He has exhibited widely, including at Harwood Art Museum, Taos, Art Museum of Missoula, and Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice, Italy. Mills lives and works in Taos, NM.

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Exhibition Dates: September 3–October 4, 2025
Reception: Saturday, September 6, 5–7 pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 11 am–4 pm or by appointment
Location: 514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Contact: 505.766.9888, [email protected], www.levygallery.com @levygallery