Tony Fey's Presence in Pieces

A commanding vertical canvas — sixty inches in height, forty in width — that carries the considered weight of handmade process in every layer of acrylic and paper. The work reads as both architectural and intimate, its depth of two and a half inches lending a sculptural presence that pulls it from the wall into the room. From the John Richard collection, it belongs to a tradition of art objects that function as anchors, organizing a space around their stillness rather than decorating it.