DAVID HACKER: INARTICULATE PARADISE
On view through December 18th, 2021
Gallery hours: 12 – 4:00 PM, Wednesday – Saturday
David Hacker is painter, sculptor, potter, and poet working out of his studio in Andes, New York. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1946, Hacker was drafted into the military and served in Vietnam from 1967-1968. He began his transition into art during the 1980s, studying art at various institutions before earning his BA and MFA from University of California Santa Barbara in 1984.
David Hacker’s paintings feature bold color choices against natural tones, and heavy marks both in the form of brush strokes and scrapes. They are intensely layered, creating a sense of depth, as though one could look through each layer to find new situations. The organic blocks of color and meandering brushwork together create a psychedelic space that is also reminiscent of the deep forests in the Catskills around Hacker’s studio. The layering and re-working evident on each canvas speaks to Hacker’s focus on self discovery and expansion.
Inarticulate Paradise is the artist’s first major exhibition of all new works in over a decade, and his first showing in Texas. The exhibition will open to the public on October 30th from Noon to 4:00 pm, and will be on display through December 18, 2021.