Parallels

Over the course of the past two decades, Daniel Rich’s paintings have depicted opaque facades and exteriors of politically and socially charged spaces and pictorial architecture. In his most recent body of work titled Parallels, Rich welcomes us inside. This exhibition focuses on unpeopled interiors that resonate with a profound sense of quietude.

In his most recent body of work titled Parallels, Rich welcomes us inside. This exhibition focuses on unpeopled interiors that resonate with a profound sense of quietude. The minimal works evoke deeper understandings of office culture, these pathways of moving from place to place, of holding information, of how and where wait out our workday. There are stairs, yes, elevators, books, shelves, waiting areas at takeaway restaurants, all Bauhausian in their construction. Rich notes these feelings of “apprehensive, invited, voyeuristic... Interiors have the potential to evoke meaning for the viewer as well as for the artist." Based on his photography and research, these works feel like places you have been, maybe forgot, maybe over-looked. 

Inspired by historical, social, cultural, and (geo)politically significant events, the interiors in this exhibition allow the viewer to imagine their own body in these spaces:“apprehensive, invited, voyeuristic...” Rich writes,“Interiors have the potential to evoke meaning for the viewer as well as for the artist.”