Dennis Nechvatal: Presence

Dennis Nechvatal’s visual world is one of enigmatic beauty and natural wonder, inviting close investigation and layered interpretations. Though rendering a near overabundance of visual detail, Nechvatal collapses foreground and background into a single dense plane, reveling in the minutia of natural observation. His idiosyncratic visions focus on botanical imagery through still lifes and landscapes, often using abstracted figures or masks as stand-ins for the presence of humans in these phantasmagorical spaces. Nechvatal’s works are included in prestigious collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Milwaukee Art Museum, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Chazen Museum of Art, Arkansas Art Center, among others.