Liquid Graphite Works by Christopher Cook at Mary Ryan Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Mary Ryan Gallery presents “Concrete Firmament,” Christopher Cook’s third solo show at the gallery. Continuing to work in liquid graphite (graphite powders, oil, and resin) on aluminum panels or coated paper, in this new sequence of images Cook explores the formal and psychological qualities of road tunnels. In doing so he is also able to reconsider an earlier fascination with worlds within worlds, and encapsulated space. These ‘graphites’ contain both photographic (or cinematic) and painterly elements, often [...]