



Heavens No, October 22 2019, 15:19, (www.rappler.com)
2019
Heavens No, October 22 2019, 15:19, (www.rappler.com) presents a charged, intimate surface in which watercolor pencil, acrylic, and enamel converge on canvas to produce something that feels simultaneously archival and alive. Dashiell Manley builds his paintings from the raw material of daily news consumption, capturing the precise timestamp and source URL of a single online reading session and translating that moment of encounter into layered, gestural mark-making. The result is a work that holds the tension between the overwhelming flow of information and the deeply personal, almost meditative act of stopping at a particular image or headline long enough to make it the subject of sustained attention. Manley's practice has earned sustained critical recognition for the way it reframes screen culture as a site of genuine feeling rather than numbness. Each canvas functions as a kind of diary entry, where the title's specificity, a date, a time, a news outlet known for its independent journalism, grounds an otherwise abstract surface in lived experience. In this painting, the relatively intimate scale of 94 by 63.5 centimeters draws the viewer close, encouraging a looking that mirrors the private, solitary act of reading itself. The palette and mark language carry an emotional charge that exceeds any single news cycle, transforming ephemeral content into something with the weight of memory. Signed by the artist and currently offered through Jessica Silverman, this work represents a mature and cohesive statement within Manley's ongoing series. Collectors drawn to painting that engages seriously with contemporary life, without sacrificing pictorial rigor or emotional depth, will find in this piece a rare convergence of conceptual clarity and painterly sensitivity.
- Medium
- Watercolor pencil, acrylic, and enamel on canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Jessica SilvermanView on map
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