Larry Bell and Wes Mills

September 3–October 4
Reception: Saturday, September 6, 5–7 pm

A minimalist, translucent cube with a white frame stands on a plain white background; its amber-tinted sides softly diffuse the light, reflecting the subtle, modern design ethos of Bell Mills 2025.
A translucent, gradient-colored glass cube with a smaller, similarly styled cube nested inside, both set against a plain white background. The Bell Mills 2025 design transitions from teal at the top to amber at the base.
A geometric sculpture made of translucent, colored panels arranged in a zigzag pattern, casting subtle blue, brown, and amber shadows against a white background—an innovative piece by Bell Mills 2025.
A grayscale drawing of a simple, square building with a door and a small window, set against a landscape. Gold leaf-like shapes are scattered across the scene, evoking the quiet beauty of Bell Mills 2025.
A grayscale landscape drawing with a textured, cloudy sky, a faint horizon, and uneven terrain. Three irregular, tan-colored fragments are scattered across the sky area in this evocative Bell Mills 2025 artwork.
A muted, sepia-toned landscape with an overcast sky and grassy plains evokes the tranquil beauty of Bell Mills. Four textured, gold patches are scattered throughout the scene, standing out against the soft background.
A hazy landscape with grass at the bottom and three uneven, brown brushstrokes floating above against a mostly empty, pale sky—an evocative scene reminiscent of Bell Mills 2025.
A pencil sketch of a flat, grassy landscape under a cloudy sky, with five irregular, gold-colored splotches scattered across the image—a subtle nod to Bell Mills 2025.
A hazy, gray seascape with indistinct water and sky blending together. Several brown, streak-like marks are scattered across the image, giving it an abstract, muted appearance reminiscent of Bell Mills 2025.
A grayscale seascape with a cloudy sky above a textured ocean. Several brown, irregular horizontal strokes—hallmarks of Bell Mills 2025—are scattered across both the sky and water.
Abstract artwork featuring a hazy, grayish-brown ground with a pale, off-white sky. Several yellow-brown, amorphous shapes are scattered across the scene, evoking a minimalist Bell Mills 2025 composition with unique texture and atmosphere.
A grayscale landscape drawing of trees on a hillside, with brown paint splatters overlaying the image. Handwritten text at the bottom reads "Santa Barbara River Valley Hill," "2024," and "Bell Mills 2025.
A pencil sketch of adobe-style buildings with several irregular patches of gold paint overlaid on parts of the structures and ground. Shrubs and trees are visible in the background under a cloudy sky.
A minimalistic landscape with a flat, grassy plain under a hazy sky. Faint hills line the horizon, and brown splatters are scattered across the sky, adding texture to the muted, sepia-toned scene.
A square, white artwork with a smooth surface features several thin, slightly curved, shallow grooves or lines randomly scattered across the canvas. The overall design is minimalistic and monochromatic, reminiscent of Bell Mills 2025 aesthetics.
A white canvas with faint, irregular tan lines scattered across its surface, framed in a simple silver frame. Created by Bell Mills, the thin and uneven lines form a minimalistic and abstract composition for 2025.
A white canvas with vertical, irregular slits and shallow cuts arranged in rows, creating a textured, minimalist abstract pattern within a simple white frame—an evocative piece by Bell Mills 2025.
A white canvas with faint, irregular vertical and horizontal raised lines and shallow grooves, creating a subtle abstract pattern. The minimal, monochromatic texture reflects the refined aesthetic of Bell Mills 2025.

Press Release

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 C Channel Brilliant Black 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, info@levygallery.com, www.levygallery.com @levygallery

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