Kevin Francis Gray

Northern Ireland, 1972

Gray addresses the complex relationships between abstraction, figuration, and portraiture through sculpture. Working in a range of media —from bronze and marble to cast resin— the artist’s techniques and modes of representation have evolved, with Gray moving from figures in highly polished finishes to those with rough-hewn surfaces. Crafting human figures in varied scales that align with classical styles of representation, his work treads the boundary between contemporary society and classical history, reverberating with the aesthetics of Neoclassicism. Rather than working toward ideals of beauty or memorial, Gray attends to the psychological effects of his subjects, often relying on textural surfaces rather than facial or bodily postures to convey mental states.

Represented by Pace Gallery, New York.