Palo Gallery is happy to announce Charlie Roberts: Metropolis, the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. This newest physique of labor builds upon the artist’s magical practical iconography, specializing in scenes of urbanity and the methods his characters transfer by public areas. The keystone of this exhibition is his monumental reimaging of Otto Dix’s 1927-1928 portray, Metropolis. Robert’s portray, of the identical identify, takes direct inspiration from Dix’s seminal triptych, but Roberts’ takes a distinct strategy to Dix’s instant socio-political critiques. Utilizing a lighter contact, Roberts’ takes the advanced scenes of a thriving metropolis (with clear references to New York) and as an alternative explores the inherent strangeness of human interplay. His figures are sometimes intertwined, but clearly remoted and wrestling with…
