VOLTA Basel

Austin Eddy & Natalia Wróbel

VOLTA Basel returns for its 16th edition as part of Art Basel Switzerland. Abigail Ogilvy Gallery will present new artworks by artists Austin Eddy (Brooklyn, NY) and Natalia Wróbel (Southern California).

Both artists create a visual dialogue through hidden shapes, scaffolding, and figures. For Eddy, his process produces semi-representational works that convey emotions and energies of situations and individuals; the paintings have been broken down to the basic building blocks of each story or thing being portrayed. In Wróbel’s paintings, she references mindfulness philosophy, neural networks, elements from nature, particle cosmology, classical, jazz, and electronic music, ancient architecture, lyric poetry, and theories about the interconnectedness of the universe to elicit meditative abstractions. The question “what is painting” is at the forefront of their exploration and experimentation. Through the tools of abstraction and other historical painting languages, they break down qualitative aspects of painting and challenge the art historical canon.

Dates: September 20 – 26, 2021
Location: Elsässerstrasse 215, Basel, Switzerland

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Austin Eddy Bird and Flower., 2021 Oil, flashe, paper on canvas 25 x 19 in. SOLD — **Austin Eddy**
*Bird and Flower.*, 2021
Oil, flashe, paper on canvas
25 x 19 in.
*SOLD*

Natalia Wróbel Ptak, 2021 Oil paint on canvas 48 x 36 in. — **Natalia Wróbel**
*Ptak*, 2021
Oil paint on canvas
48 x 36 in.

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Austin Eddy A Bird Circles The Shore Of Lake Zurich As The Sun Falls Silently. Ink on paper 22 x 15 in. SOLD — **Austin Eddy**
*A Bird Circles The Shore Of Lake Zurich As The Sun Falls Silently.*
Ink on paper
22 x 15 in.
*SOLD*

Austin Eddy Birds By The Shore. Ink on paper 22 x 15 in. — **Austin Eddy**
*Birds By The Shore.*
Ink on paper
22 x 15 in.

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Austin Eddy Summer’s Cold Light At Awosting Falls. Ink on paper 22 x 15 in. SOLD — **Austin Eddy**
*Summer’s Cold Light At Awosting Falls.*
Ink on paper
22 x 15 in.
*SOLD*

Austin Eddy The Birds Entry Into Brussels, 2019 Ink on paper 22 x 15 in. — **Austin Eddy**
*The Birds Entry Into Brussels,* 2019
Ink on paper
22 x 15 in.
*SOLD*

Austin Eddy Night On The Aegean Ink on paper 22 x 15 in. SOLD — **Austin Eddy**
*Night On The Aegean*
Ink on paper
22 x 15 in.
*SOLD*

Austin Eddy Birds in Flight Over the Aegean, 2020 Ink on paper 22 x 15 in. — **Austin Eddy**
*Birds in Flight Over the Aegean,* 2020
Ink on paper
22 x 15 in.

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Austin Eddy The River Is Moving, The Black Bird Must Be Flying. To Rest On A Summer’s Night. 2019-2020 Oil, flashe, paper on canvas 24 x 48 in. SOLD — **Austin Eddy**
*The River Is Moving, The Black Bird Must Be Flying. To Rest On A Summer’s Night.* 2019-2020
Oil, flashe, paper on canvas
24 x 48 in.
*SOLD*

Natalia Wróbel In The Beginning, 2021 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 in. — **Natalia Wróbel**
*In The Beginning*, 2021
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.

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Natalia Wróbel Particles, Life and the Rest, 2021 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 in. — **Natalia Wróbel**
*Particles, Life and the Rest*, 2021
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.

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Natalia Wróbel Halo, 2021 Oil on canvas 30 x 35 in. — **Natalia Wróbel**
*Halo*, 2021
Oil on canvas
30 x 35 in.
*SOLD*

Natalia Wróbel Jigsaw, 2021 Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. — **Natalia Wróbel**
*Jigsaw*, 2021
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 in.

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Natalia Wróbel Vessel, 2021 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. — **Natalia Wróbel**
*Vessel*, 2021
Oil on canvas
36 x 48 in.
*SOLD*

Austin Eddy was born in Boston, MA (USA) in 1986 and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a BFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Select recent exhibitions include: Fresh Windows Gallery in Brooklyn, NY (2018), SetUp 2018 Art Fair, Cellar Contemporary (Italy), Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA (2018), Ampersand Gallery in Portland, OR (2018), David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX (2017), Dallas Art Fair (2017), Code Art Fair, Bendixen Contemporary Art. Copenhagen, DK. (2016), Agnes B. Gallerie, Paris, FR (2016), and Left Field Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2015). He recently completed the Liquitex International Residency in London, England (2018). Austin Eddy is the founder and curator of EDDYSROOM, a nomadic curatorial project launched in 2015.

Natalia Wróbel is an artist based in Southern California. Wrobel studied Studio Art and Art History at Dartmouth College. She furthered her study at the Lorenzo de'Medici Institute in Florence and then the New York Studio School (NYSS). She received the NYSS Mercedes Matter Fellowship in 2012, and the Murray Art Prize in 2015. In 2017, Wrobel completed a painting residency at the Berlin Art Institute. Her work has been featured at international art fairs including Art Basel: Miami, Texas Contemporary, and Art SouthHampton and has been an official selection at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and MassArt Auction. Her paintings have been featured in publications in the US and Europe, in coursework at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and are included in public and private collections around the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia. Wrobel's work is represented by Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in Boston, MA.