Foyer will be open by appointment only May 30th-June 5th

Upcoming Exhibition: A Dark Spot, Mike McQuade

Press Release:

Foyer is pleased to present A Dark Spot, an exhibition of new works by Mike McQuade, opening Friday June 5th from 5:00–9:00 PM at 16 W Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia and on view through August 21st.

McQuade transforms found imagery and printed ephemera through layers, gesture and juxtaposition. His subjects of interest undergo a re-framing: images are destabilized, re-contextualized and embedded into compositions that feel simultaneously purposeful and open to chance. 

His source material extends beyond the familiar territories of still life, landscape, and the human figure. A study of physical impact runs through his research and the content of his imagery parallels the gestures used to make them: surfaces are repeatedly struck and built up. Each work pulls the viewer into a buzzing, kinetic energy that is counteracted by meditative stills.

Drawing on Dada strategies of disruption, McQuade's studio practice refuses the logic of editorial work, where images solve pre-defined problems. In A Dark Spot, meaning emerges through contiguity, impulse and the resistance of resolution. 

This is McQuade’s first solo gallery exhibition. His editorial work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Vanity Fair, and has been recognized by The Art Directors Club, American Illustration, Commercial Arts among others organizations.

photos by Nicole McQuade