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Abby Leigh

The Eye is the First Circle

May 3 - June 2, 2007

LANDSCAPE FOR THE PROFOUNDLY, MYOPIC, 2006
INNER CIRCLE, 2007, Pigment on linen
INNER CIRCLE, 2006, Pigment on linen
THE EYE IS THE FIRST CIRCLE, 2006, Pigment on linen
INNER CIRCLE, 2007, Pigment on linen
DAPPLED LIGHT, 2007, Pigment on linen

Press Release

 The Eye is the First Circle

May 3rd to June 2nd, 2007

Opening reception: May 3rd, 6 – 8 P.M.

On May 3rd, 2007, Betty Cuningham Gallery will open its second show for Abby Leigh. Leigh will be presenting a new body of work titled: The Eye is the First Circle.  The exhibition includes a selection of drawings and nine paintings.

The title for this exhibition is taken from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Circle” from 1841.

“The eye is the first circle; the horizon is the second and throughout nature this primary picture is repeated without end.”

This view of the natural world is a fundamental assumption that informs all of Leigh’s work. 

Click below for full press release.