NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Freeman, Inc. is now presenting American artist Charles LeDray’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, composed of new sculptures and drawings made in New York, primarily over the last three years.
Charles LeDray uses a multitude of techniques including carving, casting, drawing, painting, printmaking, sewing, and throwing. The artist recreates existing objects, transforming them through uncanny manipulations of scale and re-combinations that suggest narratives about history and society.
Here, containers—pockets, pallets, cigar boxes, chests, and vitrines—hold collections of individualized yet related objects: things we amass to remember, or to project who we are, where we have been, need, or want to go.
LeDray’s work is in numerous public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.
Charles LeDray (b. 1960, Seattle) conjures stories of human experience through a hand-made world in miniature. Comprised of scaled-down replicas of found or imagined everyday objects, the factual appearance of LeDray’s work disguises the remarkable means of their creation––meticulously hand-crafted, sewn, cast, carved, and sculpted––the artist’s attention to detail renders the work true to life. The work is rich with conceptual complexity and a multiplicity of associations (cultural, historical, and personal). The familiarity of the objects provokes a sense of collective memory, like souvenirs of the past, conceiving both intimate and enigmatic narratives. LeDray’s work is marked by artistic invention, masterful handling of technique, and an uncanny manipulation of scale.
Shiner
S.A.M.
Spool’n: How My Mother’s Embroidered Apron Unfolds in My Life*
Revolution
Men Man Woman Women
Backward Suit
Hope Chest
Cone Cube Sphere
BRIEFS
How Long Should Memories Last?
Peter Freeman, Inc.
Charles LeDray: Shiner
November 2nd, 2023 - January 6th, 2023
