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① Artwork:
Rose Bud
By painting the subjects of his most recent series as fading hallucinations, Winter presents Western American tropes as specters from our past. In this acrylic and colored pencil work, a faintly rendered cow hovers against a sunset-like background.
The ghostly appearances of the creatures portrayed in Leroy Winter’s paintings, which manifest as apparitions in the distance, provoke the viewer to question their relationship to nature and, more specifically, the existing narratives that populate the lands they inhabit.
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③ Artist:
Fascinated by the prominence of mythmaking in American culture, Leroy Winter investigates symbols and iconography closely tied to Western frontier narratives while seeking to unearth their greater significance. Winter's recent series of artworks presents these tropes as specters of our past and reveal them as hallucinations that fade either in or out of our vision. The ghostly appearances of these painted creatures, which manifest as distant apparitions, provoke the viewer into questioning their relationship to nature and, more specifically, the existing narratives that populate the lands they inhabit.
Leroy Winter is originally from San Antonio, TX, and is currently based in Chicago, IL.
He mounted a recent solo exhibition at Martha's Contemporary in Austin, TX, in 2022.
The artist has been featured in several group shows, including Mo(u)ld at Rojo Gallery, San Antonio, TX (2021), Nice Work at Sulk Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021), and Every Instance of Stasis at the SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL (2021).
