rex ray at gallery16

On the evening of February 12th, we held an opening to congratulate Rex Ray on his upcoming solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Visitors to Gallery 16 were treated to a special treat as Rex used the opportunity to complete paintings for the MCA in the gallery! Folks were able to witness the process Rex has developed to compose his unrelenting abstractions. He layers hand painted papers and cuts the biomorphic shapes freehand with an xacto blade.

[@lorih620]

Love finding videos of Rex Ray at work. Thanks!

[@sarabarbeau3241]

How come the blade cuts only the paper and not the canvas 🤔

[@itskorine]

I believe this is a layer of paper on (painted) wood board. I'd love to know what kind of paper it is though!