Past Conversations

Docent is delighted to present its second physical exhibition in New York City in collaboration with Invisible Collection, exhibiting Jacques Doucet’s collection.

Invisible Collection
24e 64th Street
NY 10065
New York

Past Conversations spotlights the Italian artist Gabriele Grosnes, whose meticulous practice strives to create "image-works" infused with depth and precision. Through oil on canvas, Grosnes captures a spectrum of subjects—from natural details and human figures to intricate composition—exploring the profound relationship we cultivate with our surroundings.

Grosnes’ close study of nature reveals each delicate texture and form, bringing these elements to life and embodying the complexity of the real. This attentiveness to the nearly imperceptible nuances of the natural world aims to capture qualities often overlooked.

This almost obsessive repetition, combined with an absence of explicit context, envelops each image in a metaphysical atmosphere, inviting viewers to contemplate the essential nature of the subject.

A core facet of Grosnes' approach is portraiture, often presented as a series of the same subject portrayed in subtly varied poses and lighting.

The exhibition features works that focus on botanical details, observed both for their aesthetic qualities and symbolic meanings. Frequently, these natural elements are placed in dialogue with objects associated with their ritualistic uses, creating a link between the organic and the sacred.

Alongside Grosnes' new works, Docent is pleased to exhibit selected pieces by Jenna Bitar, whose exploration of landscape abstraction offers a compelling counterpoint, enriching the visual conversation with Grosnes’ meticulous studies.

Rounding out the exhibition are two works by Francine Tint, a pioneering figure on the New York art scene, whose work blends abstract expressionism with color field painting, adding yet another dimension to this dynamic artistic dialogue.

Impediments impede, but they can also inspire. Working as a stylist by day, and a painter by night, Tint developed her own method of large-scale, color- based painting. Tint is held in the permanent collection of over 28 museums, including The Neuberger Museum of Art, The Heckscher Museum of Art, The Portland Museum of Art (among the Clement Greenberg Collection), and The Krannert Art Museum, to name a few.