American / 1967

William Brovelli is a contemporary visual artist. His ink drawings on paper display ambiguous figures set within vague spaces.

“These works seem to hide, boldly, in plain view. They present themselves and then withdraw just as equally. Yet they are insistent and move forward, intractably, relentlessly in their underplayed way. Brovelli’s work is unselfconsciously inventive, deeply involved in small visual pleasures, values throwaway details and idiosyncrasy, and is intimate without being precious.”

Excerpt from “The Lingering Immaterialities of William Brovelli” (2010) by art critic Dominique Nahas