Dutton presents 'Pilcrow', a solo exhibition by Durham-based artist Kevin McNamee-Tweed, featuring new pictorial ceramics, vessels, and works on paper and canvas in an immersive installation. The artist’s third solo exhibition in New York centers on themes such as self-mythology, End-Times, and New York itself, where he lived for years before eventually returning to his native North Carolina, a state steeped in clay tradition. While much of his work may be naturally situated within the context of image-making, painting, and drawing, McNamee-Tweed works extensively with clay and his practice investigates the mechanics of meaning-making and storytelling, and embraces broad material exploration to create images and objects that narrate, measure, or express nuances of human experience and material reality.
Accompanying the exhibition is an artist’s book entitled 'Pure Paragraphs', collecting paragraphs from 130 artists and writers. First printing sold out. Second printing can be preordered below and will be available September 2023.