John Bailly, Sofia Guerra, Richard Blanco
This narrated slide show is based on a recent interview at John Bailly's Deering Estate studio, where he is artist in residence.
Jessie Laino: FORM/FUNCTION/POWER
John Bailly's exhibition, "The Roses of Fibonacci" opens at LnS Gallery on November 16, 2019. The gallery is co-directed by Sergio Cernuda and Luisa Lignarolo.
Long-time friend and national Poet Laureate. Richard Blanco. has written a poem, “A Rose as Question,” in honor of the exhibition.
Besides the three principal 7 x 10 foot paintings shown above, the exhibition will feature a flat file with over 1,000 drawings, curated by Bailly’s teaching assistant Sofia Guerra.
John William Bailly is a French–American artist born in the UK. He received his MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale University and has been a Faculty Fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University since 2004. His work explores history and culture, with an emphasis on the Transatlantic dialogue. His paintings explore the question of how we are who we are in relation to history, place, and culture. His works have been exhibited at the University of Maine Museum of Art, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Art, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Texas State University, as well as other venues in the US and France.