DEBORAH BUCK
Stand Off, 2024
Acrylic and sumi ink on panel
38.25 x 50.25 in.
Witches Bridge, 2024
Acrylic and sumi ink on panel
32 x 38 in.
Candy Man, 2024
Acrylic and sumi ink on panel
36 x 48 in.
STOP THAT BALL, 2024
Acrylic on wood panel
36 x 36 in.
A Fair Hearing, 2024
Acrylic and sumi ink on wood panel
48 x 36 in.
Cherry Bomb, 2024
Acrylic on wood board
48 x 36 in.
DEBORAH BUCK
Lives and works in New York
ARTIST BIO
Deborah Buck (b. 1957) was originally from Maryland and grew up on a farm outside of Baltimore. She credits her early rural exposure as informing her robust curiosity and nurturing her creative mind. As a young artist, Buck was mentored by Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still, who saw in the young artist an independence and ambition that he fostered by sending her to The Skowhegan School in Maine, which proved to be a life-changing experience for the young artist. Still impressed upon her the importance of understanding not only art, but the world around her; to learn as much about the world around her to inform her work as a painter. On that tutelage, Buck attended Trinity College in Hartford, CT, studying as broad a sampling of subjects as possible while majoring in Fine Arts.
Deborah Buck has painted for over 40 years. She produces surreal and humorous works, using a vigorous approach to texture, color, and composition. Buck’s mediums have ranged from oil on canvas, acrylic, ink on paper, collage, and acrylic on board. The paintings reveal long-held interests in absurdity, romanticism, and the darker side of fairy tales, lending a strong narrative. A restless spirit, she constantly explores and pushes boundaries. Deborah Buck has exhibited widely throughout the Northeast, including The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Heckscher Museum, Southampton Arts Center, and The New Britain Museum, as well as the upcoming exhibition at The Church in Sag Harbor. Deborah has been a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts, a trustee of The Pratt Institute, and a member of the Skowhegan Council.
SPOTLIGHT
Witches Bridge
A Conversation with Deborah Buck and Dr. Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Executive Director of the Parrish Art Museum
Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6 PM at Jennifer Baahng Gallery
Tracing her 40-year painter’s career, the conversation takes us through the intricacies of Witches Bridge, Deborah Buck’s debut solo exhibition at the gallery, on view through June 29, 2024. The discussion centers on abstraction and surrealism and unravels the narratives of cultural and social domination and unconscious societal habits in her works. It delves into her recurring allegorical scenes and invented landscapes that beckon us to ponder the profound.
Related
BROOKLYN RAIL reviews Deborah Buck: INTO THE WILD, To Crash Is Divine
