Daniel Lefcourt exhbition: Interim Agreement

« Non-denial denial is a term for a particular kind of equivocation; specifically, an apparent denial that appears to be direct, clearcut and unambiguous when heard, but on further examination is not a denial at all. A non-denial denial is not a lie per se, because what is said is literally true, but is instead a form of deception known as an evasion.

The phrase was popularized during the Watergate era by Woodward and Bernstein in their book All the President’s Men, in reference to evasive statements by then-Attorney-General John Mitchell. » – « Non-denial denial » from Wikipedia.

For the inaugural exhibition of its new location 6 rue de Braque, Sutton Lane is pleased to announce the first exhibition in Paris of New York artist Daniel Lefcourt. In the show the artist will present a group of new sculptures and dust drawings.

Lefcourt’s painting like horizontal arrangements of beautifully finished strips of MDF board painted black further explore the correlation between painting and sculpture while at the same time reflecting concerns with formal strategies of art and abstract language.

In dialogue with his dust drawings these works can be seen as signs of absence, “evasive statements” which allude to that which has been negated or denied.