Daisy Patton - A Rewilded Arcadia
Solo Exhibition:
Daisy Patton— A Rewilded Arcadia
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 6, 6-9 pm.
Exhibitions run through October 27.
This October at K Contemporary, long-buried fragments of the past will be given new life, renewed purpose, and fresh relevance as celebrated Colorado artist, Daisy Patton, unites Then and Now within the re-imagined gardens of A Rewilded Arcadia.
Beneath a lush botanical canopy, the upcoming exhibition is deeply rooted in humanity’s often complicated relationship with Nature. For much of Western history, humanity has positioned itself in opposition to nature. The landscape is to be rigidly tamed, manicured into precise gardens and parks, cultivated and devoid of uncertainty.
“A Rewilded Arcadia is about harmony with the natural world, as well as a lyrical way to think about wilderness,” explains Patton. “My figures are intertwined in patterns connecting to the surrounding scenery, and I see those patterns as elements of re-wilding, or returning to nature.”
In experiencing this body of work, which is part Patton’s “Forgetting is so long” series, the spectators will find a garden’s flowers gently, but overwhelmingly, wrap around its keepers. Floral patterns encircle figures in a loving embrace—a reminder that we are connected and immersed in the larger cycles of life and death.
Those familiar with Patton’s acclaimed work, will immediately recognize in Arcadia the fluent dialogue between lens and brush. She begins each conversation with a photograph, an anonymous and anchorless image and writes upon it a narrative expressed in bold colors, dynamic shapes and stylized floral patterns. Giving both past and present their voice, Patton’s re-awakened histories tell stories unbounded by time.
Daisy Patton currently has a solo exhibition on view at the Art Museum of the University of Colorado Boulder, This is Not Goodbye, showing through November, 2018. She has received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Boston/Tufts University, and her Bachelor of Fine Art in Studio Arts, with minors in History and Art History from the University of Oklahoma. Patton received the prestigious Montague Travel Grant for research in Dresden, Germany, and has completed distinguished residencies at Anderson Ranch, the Studios at MASS MoCA, the Minerva Projects and RedLine Denver.
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Woman with Pansies), 2018
Oil on archival print mounted to panel
80 x 68 in (203.20 x 172.72 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Leonar 5746)
80 x 136 in (203.20 x 345.44 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Mischievous Couple), 2018
Oil on archival print mounted to panel
80 x 60 in (203.20 x 152.40 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Gardener with Bouquet), 2018
Oil on archival print mounted to panel
40 x 40 in (101.60 x 101.60 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (10676 XII-59)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Frances Poundstone 1317 W 46 St Los Angeles Calif)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Gene 5-9')
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Military Man with Blue Face)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Sincerely Arleen)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Foto Warszawa Kabrkowska), 2017
oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Age 11), 2017
oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Woman with Metallic Teal and Dots)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Eddy Floce 1957-8), 2017
oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Swimmer I) , 2018
oil on archival print on panel
80 x 68 in (203.20 x 172.72 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Wedding Portrait with Flowers), 2018
Oil on archival print mounted to panel
30 x 40 in (76.20 x 101.60 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Oct 62), 2017
oil on archival print mounted to panel
60 x 60 in (152.40 x 152.40 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Woman with Yellow and Pink Pattern and Blue)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (a pauug Hea od Cioci Jadei dla Rariko'as off-wa 49)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Fred Bremer Greenville Mich, man)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Man with Dots on Tie, Hat, and Shirt)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Safari Hat and Silver Flowers)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Uniformed Man with Green and Cream Vines)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Woman with Green Vines and Cream Background)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Flower Mask), 2017
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Woman with Gray Vines and Mauve Flowers)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Па шчата ми кака Даіѣе, за ба ме забрав Лтажчеті 29.11.56)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Cottonwood Pollen by the Lake), 2018
Oil on archival print mounted to panel
60 x 60 in (152.40 x 152.40 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (The Riverbed), 2018
oil on archival print on panel
80 x 68 in (203.20 x 172.72 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Two Women with Floral Frame), 2018
Oil on archival print mounted to panel
80 x 68 in (203.20 x 172.72 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Woman with Yellow Vines and Green Background)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Blue Man in Yellow Suit)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Gold Woman with Blue)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Man with Silver Face and Green and Pink Pattern)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
![Untitled (School Days 1948-9 Orchard Knob [bow])](https://cdn.artcld.com/img/w_300,c_fit/48fxxmuqev6r7yez9lis.jpg)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (School Days 1948-9 Orchard Knob [bow])
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (1955-6), 2017
oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Dotted Clouds), 2017
oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled ( Bresnik Hogllmood), 2017
oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Woman with Flower Outlines and Dots)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Mrs. B.D. Sage)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (May 15 1933), 2017
oil on archival print mounted to panel
80 x 102 in (203.20 x 259.08 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Sweethearts Among the Lilies), 2018
Oil on archival print mounted to panel
80 x 102 in (203.20 x 259.08 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled(BlueForest)
Oil on Archival Print on Panel
80 x 68 in (203.20 x 172.72 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (6 Mapt 1964)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Coral Sweater with Dots and Lines)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Love Jackie)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (May Fitzpatrick Hill (Mrs. Emmett H. Hill) 1913-)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
![Untitled (School Days 1948-9 Orchard Knob [gold])](https://cdn.artcld.com/img/w_300,c_fit/gxpn970ll4tfbp6bsec1.jpg)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (School Days 1948-9 Orchard Knob [gold])
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Juliet Lewis Mrs. JL Hill Mamma), 2017
oil on archival print on panel
8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.40 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Checkerboard and Berries)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled ( Cascade), 2017
oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
Daisy Patton
Untitled (Woman with Cream Vines and Pink Dots)
Oil on archival print on panel
10 x 8 in (25.40 x 20.32 cm)
