Toys Galore & More: New Paintings By Naya Bricher
Four Eleven Gallery, located at 411 Commercial Street in Provincetown, announces Toys Galore & More: New Paintings By Naya Bricher. The show opens on Friday, August 18th with a reception for the artist from 7 - 9 PM, The show runs through Thursday, August 24th. In addition to the show, Bricher’s paintings will be available to view and purchase at fourelevengallery.com
Naya Bricher, The Glad Hand, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches, image courtesy of Four Eleven Gallery
Of her work, Bricher states, Toys Galore & More pays tribute to the children's toy store in my hometown, celebrates the toy room that shaped my creativity, and echoes the larger theme of the 2023 Carnival – the "Land of Toys." My first studio, a space lovingly referred to by my parents as "The Advanced Center for Play", was a toy room and a sanctuary for my young, creative spirit. This space, overflowing with an eclectic array of playthings, was the incubator of my imagination. It was where Barbie dolls mingled with blanket forts, American Girl dolls merged histories and dress-up clothes transformed ordinary afternoons into extraordinary adventures. The secrets of Polly Pockets, the simple world of Playmobil, and the cute families of Calico Critters, were all overseen by the sprawling K'nex roller coaster construction that seemed to mirror the rollercoaster of creativity itself. These paintings are the result of moving studios and grounding into a new playful space. The images feel like treats, memos and rewards. They are visual reminders of the enduring magic and infinite possibilities that unfold when the joy of play is embraced.
Naya Bricher’s paintings honor the effervescence of living an object-filled life within a content-rich world. She revels in whimsicality and is intrigued by nonessential indulgences, such as desserts, pool toys and novelty pets. Her attraction to intense color, combined imagery and cumulative narrative shape her artworks. Culled from social media, cartoons, and dreams her paintings combine cultural references into a personal form of celebration. Naya Bricher is an artist based year-round in Provincetown, MA. She studied at Smith College, graduating Phi Beta
Kappa with highest honors in studio art. In 2013, she was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center. In 2014, she joined the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown as staff-in-residence.