Creative Growth at Outsider Paris 2023

 

Outsider Paris is a mini-art brut fair which takes place OFF PARIS + by Art Basel

 

Monday, October 16th to Sunday, October 22nd, 2023

The Outsider Paris presentation will unite three French galleries and two American galleries, among which is Creative Growth Art Center. This presentation will prominently showcase the works of Creative Growth artists, including Dwight Mackintosh, Dan Miller, and Donald Mitchell, all of whom are part of the Bruno Decharme donation to the Pompidou Center. Additionally, the event will introduce exciting new artists from the studio.

Graphic promotional flyer featuring neon green circles with text reading “Outsider Paris” along with details surrounding the exhibition


For inquiries please contact: gallery@creativegrowth.org


Sargent's Daughters West Presents Prism, Lauren Dare's Solo Debut

 

September 8 – October 28, 2023

Sargent’s Daughters is pleased to present Prism, an exhibition of work by Oakland-based artist Lauren Dare. The exhibition is Dare’s first with the gallery, as well as her solo debut. Working across a variety of media, including ink, acrylic and marker on both paper and wooden forms, Dare employs the simple mechanisms of color and line to create complex fields of refracted color.

The body of work on view was created by Dare at Creative Growth–the oldest and largest organization worldwide dedicated to advancing the inclusion of artists with developmental disabilities in contemporary art. Dare has been practicing at Creative Growth for 11 years, and in that time has developed a sophisticated visual language, primarily in pen-and-ink drawings on paper.  Using the whole range of motion in her hand and arm, Dare makes repeated marks on paper, filling each work to the edge.  By layering unexpected combinations of colors and pigments and adjusting the angles of her lines, she develops dynamic compositions with a sense of atmosphere and depth.

For Dare, color is a driving force behind the work.  While some compositions are muted, with subtle gradations between hues, others vibrate with contrast between highly saturated tones.  The sculptural works advance this play of colors into three dimensions, allowing Dare to modulate her colors in real space, where they are also transformed by light and shadow.  Taken as a whole, Dare’s practice offers an innovative, affective formalism that immerses viewers in her gestural, kaleidoscopic worldview.

Lauren Dare mixed media works on paper: L to R - crayon and acrylic print on paper, 2018; marker and acrylic pen on paper, 2023; market and pen on paper, 2022


Lauren Dare (b. 1977, Oakland, CA) has exhibited at institutions and galleries throughout the United States and internationally, including Nina Johnson Gallery (Miami, FL), Golestani Gallery (Dusseldorf, Germany), and the Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, CA). Dare has practiced with Creative Growth since 2011. This is her debut solo exhibition.