Peter Blum Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by John Zurier of new paintings and works on paper entitled, The Future of Ice. This is the artist’s sixth solo exhibition with the gallery.

There will be an opening reception on Saturday, September 18 from 1-6pm with the artist, and the exhibition runs through November 13, 2021.

John Zurier’s practice over the past twenty years has resulted in nearly monochromatic, atmospheric paintings and works on paper. Evoking his impressions of ephemeral phenomena including the relationship between color, light, and air, they stem primarily from Zurier’s time in Iceland where he maintains a studio. The distinctive elements of the nation’s delicate and fleeting light, and the qualities of the oftentimes stark climate are conveyed through deep memories of these conditions. Brushwork and the dilute tints and tones of his subdued practice emphasize time and space while underscoring the simple and the imperfect. This is informed by Zurier’s study of traditional Japanese aesthetics including wabi sabi with its notion of the inherent beauty in nature, and therefore in the flawed and the impermanent.