Bill Armstrong

UNSPOKEN / BUDDHAS / MANDALAS

July 13 - September 2, 2023

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 13, 5:30-7:30 PM

Dolby Chadwick Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of photographs by Bill Armstrong. On view are three portfolios from his Infinity series, an ongoing project initiated twenty-five years ago. As part of his unique process, Armstrong appropriates found images that he photocopies, cuts, paints, and re-photographs; he then blends the collaged elements together to create brilliantly colored, seamless images. In these ethereal worlds, the “contrast, harmony, and gradations of color are the driving forces behind a subliminal chromatic psychology.”

Unspoken, one of the three featured portfolios, is an investigation of the human experience, of the emotional and psychological push and pull of interpersonal relationships. Each image depicts two figures in an indeterminate space structured by planes of vibrant color that either run parallel or intersect at dizzying angles. Some of the pairs address each other and some look askance, an analog for the end...