Larissa Goldston Gallery is pleased to present Clippings, the gallery’s second solo exhibition of paintings by Whitney Van Nes. The work will be on view from Thursday, June 25 through Friday, August 7, 2009. There will be an opening reception for the artist on June 25 from 6 to 8 pm.

The paintings included in this exhibition are narrative portraits that recall the flatness and oddly elongated static figures of Byzantine art. Yet Van Nes's unique aesthetic and iconography do not emulate any historical style — her approach is at once naïve and sophisticated. Van Nes paints from her imagination and her intimate personal knowledge of things, never drawing from found images, models or other visual references.