That’s Where You Need to Be

William Betts, Xuan Chen, Maria Park and Willy Bo Richardson
August 2 – September 19

An art gallery scene with visitors viewing colorful, abstract paintings. a group gathers by a table with refreshments, and a child blurs in motion in the foreground.
An art gallery room with white walls displaying various framed photographs. a young girl walks towards the camera, and two adults observe artworks in the background.
Visitors in an art gallery observing different paintings on white walls, with focused lighting casting soft shadows around the room.
Two people viewing a striped abstract painting in a gallery with artist names listed on the wall to the right.
A modern art installation featuring colorful, three-dimensional representations of the alphabet letters hanging on a white wall. each letter has a unique, abstract geometric design.
Three people viewing a large, horizontal abstract painting with bold orange and blue stripes in an art gallery with white walls.
Two people, one wearing a straw hat, engage in conversation while observing a piece of modern art in a gallery.
People viewing artwork at a gallery showing, with paintings displayed on white walls and a refreshment table in the foreground.
People viewing and discussing art in a brightly lit gallery with white walls and modern paintings. various groups are engaged in conversations across the room.
A modern art gallery interior featuring paintings and a book display on white walls under directed lighting, with a focus on a prominent painting of a verdant, abstract landscape.
A painting of a green garden scene with a fence and foliage hangs on a white gallery wall, illuminated by a spotlight.
Three abstract landscape paintings displayed on white shelves against a textured gray wall in an art gallery. each painting features vibrant green and brown tones.
An empty hallway in a building featuring a wall-mounted sign with the text "that's where you need to be" followed by the names william betts, xuan chen, maria park, willy bo richardson.
Artwork depicting a crowded beach scene hangs on a plain light-colored wall in a gallery space, illuminated by soft gallery lighting.
White gallery room showcasing two paintings on a wall: one large canvas depicting beach scenes with people and a smaller one featuring various activities, including a dog.
A bright art gallery interior featuring two paintings mounted on a white wall, with one painting on the left showing a landscape and another on the right with abstract design.
Abstract painting featuring geometric shapes with two central rectangular forms in red and green, surrounded by colorful stripes against a lilac background.
A modern, artistic shelf resembling an airplane, featuring soft pastel colors and angular, geometric shapes on a white wall background.
Abstract geometric painting on a uniquely shaped canvas, featuring a series of interconnected shapes in various colors like yellow, green, purple, and orange on a white background.
Abstract painting featuring overlapping squares and rectangles in bright shades of yellow, blue, and green on a light background, creating a three-dimensional illusion.
Abstract geometric artwork featuring layered rectangular frames in vibrant colors such as pink, blue, green, and purple on a white background.
Modern abstract artwork on a wall featuring geometric shapes in vibrant colors such as blue, red, green, and yellow, creating a three-dimensional illusion.
Abstract geometric painting on a shaped canvas with a central hollow square, featuring a composition of bright yellow, soft gray, and pastel blue with red accents.
Abstract geometric painting with layered shapes in muted tones of blue, grey, and violet, with accents of yellow and red, on a white background.
Abstract geometric wall sculpture with layered, multicolored shapes forming a hexagonal central cutout on a white background.
Abstract geometric painting featuring a central square cutout surrounded by layers of colorful angular shapes in pastel tones on a rounded edge canvas.
Abstract geometric painting featuring overlapping shapes in pastel and bright colors on a white square canvas. shapes include rectangles and irregular polygons.
A modern, abstract artwork featuring geometric shapes with layered rectangular panels in bold colors like red, yellow, pink, blue, and green on a white background, creating a three-dimensional effect.
An abstract geometric painting featuring a variety of colorful shapes forming an irregular loop on a pale background. the canvas is uniquely shaped with curved edges.
Abstract painting of a three-dimensional geometric frame with sharp edges, composed of brightly colored, angular sections in green, pink, blue, yellow, and white.
A colorful geometric paper art piece featuring a central hollow square framed by layers of rectangular and triangular shapes in vibrant colors, set against a white background.

Press Release

Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present That’s Where You Need to Be a group exhibition of paintings by William Betts, Xuan Chen, Maria Park and Willy Bo Richardson. These artists expand the conventions of painting by executing their own unique styles and methods of application.

William Betts explores the possibilities of a digital age by using innovative techniques that include the use of proprietary software and a self-designed complex robotic system. This technology applies drops of paint to the canvas one color at a time – one drop at a time. Up close the images are lost in pointillist fields of color. From afar, the paintings become photographic images of leisure, showing anonymous people floating in sparkling blue pools and summery days at the beach. The artist is interested in manipulating the temporal connections between the painter, the viewer, the image, and the surface of each painting. William Betts currently lives and works in Miami.

Xuan Chen creates simple forms in her computer, which she deconstructs to exaggerate anomalies that occur when generating digital images. These digital compositions are hand painted onto cut-out aluminum panels that float off the wall. Complex visual spaces are formed by color, light, dimension and reflection. Chen’s recent awards include 1st prize for the Miami University Young Painters Competition and for the Contemporary Art Society of New Mexico. Originally from Qingyang, China, the artist currently lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Maria Park examines ways that technology intervenes in our perception of and participation in the world. These works, from her Counter Nature series, address the packaging of nature as a consumable image. Her sculptural plexiglas cubes and wall paintings are executed with a rigorous impasto technique, with scenic environments shaped by generous layers of paint contained in stencil-like forms. Park’s work has been shown nationally and internationally, and recently as a permanent site-specific installation for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Munich, Germany, Maria Park now resides in Ithaca, NY and teaches at Cornell University.

Willy Bo Richardson considers the laws of nature as a primary source for his paintings. Vertical lines of expressive layers of color reach for the ground giving evidence to earth’s gravitational pull. Richardson’s gestural large scale paintings embody atmosphere, space, and action. He works within limitations of cause and effect exploring abstract levels of thinking. The artist lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico and has shown extensively throughout the United States. His work is included in numerous international public collections.

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Dates: August 2–September 19, 2014
Reception: August 1, 6–8 pm
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 am–4 pm
Location: 514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Contact: 505.766.9888, info@levygallery.com, www.levygallery.com @levygallery