Omni
Contemporary Art Gallery
opens the current exhibition season featuring the works of Ray Grist.
The genius of Ray
Grist is his ability
to combine his influences – from Miro, Picasso, Cezanne, and Kandinsky – into a
wholly new form. He also takes
inspiration from African traditions and Black American artists Hale Woodruff and
Romare Bearden. But whether he is
working in the expressive non-objective to contemporary still life and
landscape, his dynamic us of form and color give his paintings a remarkable
quality of aliveness. His canvases
and prints fairly vibrate with what can only be called “spirit,” so that the
viewer has the impression that the work is animate.
Ray Grist has shown at museums and galleries worldwide, from Alaska to
Mumbai. His work is included in
many public collections, among them the Studio Museum Harlem, New York; the
Biblioteque Nationale, Paris; and the International Symposium, Eisenstadt,
Austria. His paintings can be
found in numerous private collections as well.