Raymond Saunders: Paintings and Works on Paper

3 June - 8 July 2023
Casemore Gallery is pleased to present Paintings and Works on Paper, a new exhibition by Oakland-based artist Raymond Saunders. This is the gallery’s second exhibition of Saunders’ works, having presented Raymond Saunders: Oakland/Paris in collaboration with Andrew Kreps gallery in 2021.
  • Saunders adds swathes of improvisational marks in paint and oil crayon, and layers in his own visual language of symbols, hearts, domestic references, and paint drips, carefully applied to create texture and comingle with Saunders’ white pencil drawings on his signature black-painted backgrounds. A constant element in his work throughout the decades, these backgrounds often reference classroom blackboards.
  • Paintings and Works on Paper includes epic examples of Saunders’ inimitable practice, in which he uses humble materials in transformative...

    Raymond Saunders, Untitled, 2005-2010, mixed media on door, 80" x 28" [HxW]

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    Paintings and Works on Paper includes epic examples of Saunders’ inimitable practice, in which he uses humble materials in transformative ways. Weathered doors, shipping palettes, abandoned construction materials, found signage, newspapers, and various ephemera ground his paintings and assemblage constructions.
  • Saunders uses what is at hand in his studio, even the tools of painting itself—wet paint brushes, pencils, and painter’s...
    Raymond Saunders, Untitled, 2010, Mixed media on canvas, 48" x 24" [HxW]
    Saunders uses what is at hand in his studio, even the tools of painting itself—wet paint brushes, pencils, and painter’s tape. Materials from the distant past coexist with recent discoveries from his daily neighborhood walks. A crushed paper towel dabbed with paint becomes a flower, and drawings from his childhood complete contemporary works.
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  • Works on Paper

    Works on paper round out the show, both collage works from the past and recent sketches of simple flower blossoms and still-life elements rendered in watercolor with collage elements.  In both his paintings and drawings, Saunders approach activates materials to create powerful contrasts.