DAVID KROLL
“Bouquets”
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Through December 21
What the Gallery Says: “Kroll’s paintings are of internal worlds. They are of private memories trapped, as if in amber, within a time of glowing solitude—a proto-Romanticist’s recollection in a moment of tranquility. Within that solitary moment the hushed expectancy in Kroll’s paintings settles over scale shifts in which fore-, mid- and background space mesh as a seamless whole.”
Why It’s Worth a Look: Well, for one thing, the paintings are beautiful, both whimsical and with a sense of the fragile power of the imagination.
What It Looks Like:
Installation view. Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.
David Kroll, Bouquet and Nests (2017). Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.
David Kroll, Bowl and Nuthatch (2017). Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.
David Kroll, Oranges (2017). Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.
David Kroll, Butterflies and Bowl (2017). Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.
David Kroll, Egret and Flowers (2017). Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.
David Kroll, Bouquet and Bowl (2017). Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.
David Kroll, Fish and Bowl (2017). Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.
Installation view. Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.