Richard Perry: Real Illusions
March 15 – May 19
Richard Perry has explored and excelled at many art forms including photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, and mixed media throughout his long career as an artist. He was educated at Brown University and University of PA Law School and prior to founding his law practice, he worked as a college graduation photographer. During the 1970s, he lived and worked in New York and studied at the Art Students League, the New School, and the Brooklyn Museum and met many of the 20th century’s most well-known contemporary artists. In 1978 he moved to Brewster, MA, continued his law practice and his serious study of art techniques.
Since 1996, he has focused primarily on “intaglio reliefs,” a form of wall art that he invented, and which are on display in this exhibition. Perry’s goal as a visual artist is to explore how he sees the real world and its relation to visual illusions and perceptional analysis.
While his wide ranging and versatile subject matter extends from landscape to portraiture, still life to geometric and abstract forms, this exhibition focuses on his monochromatic images of figures, objects, and shapes, including examples from his most recent Cube series. Upon first glance, the reliefs appear to be both concave and convex, but upon closer look, and especially by viewing the relief at different angles, the eye is tricked into seeing an illusion of three dimensions.
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Bilezikian Family Foundation, Inc. &.
