Turn Gallery is pleased to present ALL MEN WILL BE SAILORS THEN, a solo exhibition with Charles Manion, opening Wednesday January 15th. This marks his first solo exhibition at the gallery.

“For when you rearrange atoms, their order, shapes and motions, then you also change what they compose.” —Lucretius, from The Nature of Things

Charles Manion’s practice rearranges the natural world in ways that are both potent and serene. He synthesizes a playful dance of gesture and structure which oscillates between painting and sculpture. Fusing a variety of traditional mediums, such as gesso, molding paste and pigment, with unconventional found materials, including mosquito netting, discarded tarps, and driftwood, Manion arranges his compositions from the inside out, allowing each work to collectively transcend into a life of its own. A long-time sailor, Charles (aka Chuck) finds inspiration in the natural landscape of Montauk, Long Island, the sea he sails and shores he walks in search of materials. Chuck’s artistic manner is an instinctive meditative journey intertwined with his unique joyful approach to carpentry. Restructuring conventional paths to painting, Manion allows the audience to instantly dive into his transformational process of boundless possibilities of poetry, place and physicality.

Charles Manion has previously exhibited in exhibitions at Shrine Gallery, Tripoli Gallery, Hesse Flatow Gallery, Arts Center at Duck Creek, Outeast Gallery, TURN Gallery and The Ludwig Museum of Koblenz in Germany, curated by Julian Schnabel. He studied painting at The School of Visual Arts in the 1980s and currently lives and works in Montauk, NY.