Luce Gallery is proud to present the first exhibition in Italy, and in the gallery, by Leif Ritchey.The solo exhibition will contain a series of new paintings, mostly done on  large scale. With their abstract structure, Leif Ritchey’s paintings convey a lack of linearity in his language, meaning that we often come across representations that actually contain clear references to figuration. Through appropriation of a range of techniques and the use of unconventional materials, the artist inserts elements of texture and material thickness that make the paintings dense of details that can be perceived only by approaching the work, in an ongoing process of deduction and discovery of the structure of the painting itself. The interaction between the ephemeral and the material seems to be the framework on which all the artist’s work rests. Its play reveals the stroke of the drawing or watercolor in painting that is fluid but dense in subtle colors that never terminate their presence clearly, but mingle in continuous shadings.Leif Ritchey seems to begin his paintings almost aimlessly. He gives them titles only after ending the works, sets no barriers for himself, and often making his work in a natural way, without boundaries, paced and accompanied by music or simply by the rhythm of life in a continuous voyage towards its destiny: “Life happens around you and I think you miss it by trying to overpower it and make to many decisions. Sometimes is good just to let it happen. A little give and a little take, that sort of balance. For me, this staff we call art is what always gives me the balance. The ability to enjoy it”.

The exhibition is about the suggestion of a song by Pete Yorn: Just Another. Music is often intertwined with other artistic disciplines, in a reciprocal exchange between images and sound waves. When we see a film accompanied by a special soundtrack our perception of time is multiplied through images and music: the hearing and sight are connected and the feeling is strengthened. The paintings on display seem to contain that sound that recalls our easier moments but also more intimate ones in which space and time seem to stop. Certain situations have a particular atmosphere and relate in a natural way with music. Similarly Just Another, the soundtrack of this exhibition, Is inspired by the passing of life, but can also refers to the turn of a page or simply moving on to another show. Pete Yorn reminds us that every moment can be special, in any place, he said “it is the ordinary becoming extraordinary” as in the alchemy of the exhibiting artists. "Silence in my opinion is a place where sound can start" says JPW3; in the silence of the gallery paintings allow us to attune with the song of Pete Yorn, which leads us to infinity, the great landscapes, the sea, the desert. As well as the works on display that suggest the idea of sound and thought in motion. Each of the five artists in the show has his musicality that unites him with the intimist spirit of Just Another. If you try to "listen" to paintings you'll see they possess a certain rythm  that can be a syncopated cadence as well as a gentle movement. It could be a road leading nowhere or the journey of a lifetime as in Ethan Greenbaum or David Balliano, or the deserts of Dustin Pevey with their flavor of aridity that opens up to infinity. Letting themselves go with the soundtrack, visitors can be part of the artists' journey. Everyone walking on his own road that doesn't need to be a long one since what matters is not the destination but the journey.Davide Balliano was born in 1983 in Turin, lives and works in Brooklyn. Selected exhibitions are: Room East, New York, Rolando Anselmi, Berlino, MoMA PS 1, Brooklyn, Michle Rein Gallery, Parigi, Tate Modern, Londra, Plymouth Art Center.Ethan Greenbaum was born in Tom's River, New Jersey, lives and works Brooklyn. Selected exhibitions are: Kansas Gallery, New York, Thierry Goldberg, New York, The Suburban, Chicago, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, Halsey Mackay, East Hampton.JPW3 lives and works in Los Angeles. Selected exhibitions are: Night Gallery, Los Angeles, Michael Jon Gallery, Miami, Samuel Friedman Gallery (con Sayre Gomez), Los Angeles, Robert Blumenthal, New York, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York.Dustin Pevey was born in 1980 inTexas, vive e lavora a Brooklyn. Selected exhibitions are: Bill Brady, Miami, Retrospective Gallery, Hudson, Marfa Book Company, Marfa Texas, Galleria Massimo Audiello, Mexico City.Leif Ritchey was born in 1975 in Ann Arbour (MI) where lives and works. Selected exhibitions are: The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, Ltd Galery, Los Angeles, Martos Gallery, New York, ATM Gallery, New York, Canada Gallery, New York, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York.