{"id":182202,"date":"2025-08-28T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182202\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:40:12","slug":"zeke-williams-finds-warmth-in-shimmering-works-at-dallas-erin-cluley-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182202\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeke Williams finds warmth in shimmering works at Dallas\u2019 Erin Cluley Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Zeke Williams\u2019 14 new oil-on-plywood paintings at Erin Cluley Gallery<\/a>, two aspects are particularly entrancing: the shimmering gradations of color that stretch across each of the carved wooden tiles on the work\u2019s surface, and the patterns formed as the tiles fit together, like scales on a fish. The repetition with variation is mesmerizing, like watching the rotation of a disco ball or the reflections on the tiles at the bottom of a swimming pool.<\/p>\n

\"Zeke<\/p>\n

Zeke Williams’ “Chef’s Hat Circle” is featured in the exhibition at Erin Cluley Gallery.<\/p>\n

Erin Cluley Gallery<\/p>\n

With six solo exhibitions at Erin Cluley Gallery over the last decade, first in West Dallas and since 2019 in the Design District, Williams has become a stalwart of the local art community, producing steadily and growing ever more subtle and nuanced. While the crisp, hard-edged stenciling and bold, unmodulated primary colors in his earliest works struck me as somewhat chilly and impersonal, I was easily drawn into the \u201cGather\u201d exhibition\u2019s inviting warmth.<\/p>\n

Technology is seamlessly integrated into the artist\u2019s process (the pieces are designed with digital software, then cut with a CNC machine), but the casual feel of the birch plywood support and a certain human-feeling irregularity in the way the wooden tiles fit together give the works a casual, approachable vibe.<\/p>\n

Details<\/p>\n

\u201cZeke Williams: Gather\u201d is on view through Sept. 27 at Erin Cluley Gallery, 150 Manufacturing St., Suite 210. Open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m., and by appointment. Free. 214-760-1155. erincluley.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Artist Zeke Williams has staged six solo exhibitions at Erin Cluley Gallery over the last decade.<\/p>\n

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