Gregory Gillespie – Transfixed: Selected Works 1995-2000
On View: November 9 - December 5, 2012
Reception: Friday, November 9, 6 – 8pm
Gillespie’s highly detailed portraits and self-portraits are bewitched and disturbing. Many of the subjects gaze directly at the viewer as if they are in control and omnipotent. Roberta Smith, writing Gregory’s obituary for the April 29, 2000 New York Times wrote, “Continuity was provided by a sense of unflinching scrutiny on himself; some of his strongest works are psychologically charged self-portraits. They recorded his changing appearance and shifting moods and always pivoted on his intense blue eyes, which suggested that a profound secret might be revealed if one stared hard enough.”
