Praz-Delavallade

Praz Delavallade is pleased to present departed for the curve, a solo exhibition by Cole Sternberg and his first-ever at the Gallery. Featuring a selection of the artist’s new and never-before scene painterly works on linen, the exhibition considers the place of humankind against the environment’s scale and eminence, hinting at the ill-fated and self-inflicted demise of our species as the earth takes itself back—as seas rise and paradigms shift.

In alluding to oncoming change, the exhibition’s title also suggests a rather unexpected willingness to embrace the unknown. Ruminating on its signification, Sternberg asks “What is a curve? Is it a turn on a mountain pass that faces vast splendor and yet touches mortality? Is it the subtle curvature of the earth seen on a distant horizon? Is it east of Eden or maybe west? Is it individual or institutional? A peak becoming a valley? Are we destined to slip from the road, determined to face our reveries?”