Ben Reeves: Parklife

Nicholas Metivier Gallery is thrilled to present Parklife, an exhibition of paintings by Canadian artist, Ben Reeves, his fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition will be on view from November 14th through December 12th and there will be a tour with Ben Reeves on Saturday, November 14th at 1 pm, followed by an opening reception through 3pm. RSVP on the exhibition page.

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In Parklife, Ben Reeves explores the intersections of painting, landscape, and public space. Reeves considers parks as places where nature and culture meet, and where our ideas about the natural world are constructed, negotiated, and continually reimagined.

“While working on Parklife I have been thinking a lot about painting and parks. But my attention is not divided. When I am painting pictures of parks it is the best of both worlds. I am spending time in parks and painting simultaneously. And not idly. I am feeling out the identity and meaning of both spaces. It turns out that parks have a lot to say about painting and vice-versa.” - Ben Reeves