GRAHAM GILLMORE “I Talk to Myself Because I Listen”
October 17 - November 23
General Hardware is pleased to present Graham Gillmore’s solo exhibition of new paintings.
“All language is visual when read.” - Johanna Drucker
The paradoxical tension between language and matter involves the visible word as a physical object. “The word made flesh” is how Johanna Drucker describes it in her book, Figuring the Word. I’m interested in how texts can be material substances that also signify linguistic meaning; writing is not just made of thought but also of marks. This form of alchemy satisfies my hunger for both formal abstraction and storytelling, without being bogged down by conventional pictorial representation- the best of both worlds. – Excerpt from exhibition text
Gillmore lived in New York for over 25 years and has positioned himself internationally. His reputation extends across Canada, the United States and in Europe with recent exhibitions held in Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, San Francisco, New York, Miami Beach, Madrid and Berlin. Earlier exhibitions include “Learn to Read” at the TATE Modern alongside John Baldessari and Carol Bove. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Audain Art Museum, British Columbia; the Ghent Museum, Belgium; Gian Enzo Sperone, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto; The Art Gallery of Ontario, RCA Records, New York; The Royal Bank of Canada; The Bank of Montreal; Toronto Dominion Bank; Scotiabank; The Vancouver Art Gallery; and numerous other institutions and private collections worldwide. He has been featured in publications such as Canadian Art, Border Crossings, W Magazine, Art News, ArtForum, L.A. Weekly, C Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine.
Image: (Detail) I Talk to Myself Because I Listen, oil and acrylic on canvas, 85 x 54 inches, 2024
Graham Gillmore, “I Talk to Myself Because I Listen”, oil on canvas, 84 x 54 inches, 2024
Graham Gillmore, You Will Change, 30 x 36 inches, oil and acrylic in canvas, 2024
Graham Gillmore, Cured New Roses, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches, 2024
Graham Gillmore, “Help Me, Help You, Help Me”, 60 x 48 inches, oil and acrylic in canvas, 2024
Graham Gillmore, As Good As it Got, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 2024
Graham Gillmore, How to Talk to People, 24 x 18 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2024
Graham Gillmore, How this Book Changed My Life, oil and acrylic on canvas, 36 x 30 inches, 2024
Graham Gillmore, “I Want You, to Help Me, Help Them, Help Us”, acrylic on paper, 42 x 28 inches, 2024
Graham Gillmore, “I’m the Only One for Me”, oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2024
