American / 1967

William Brovelli is an American Post-War & Contemporary artist. His ink drawings on paper display multiple upright androgynous figures arranged in rows within a grid format. Brovelli’s process seeks to exhaust the form through repetition in order to arrive at a singular stand out figure from time to time.

“Brovelli’s work is unselfconsciously inventive, deeply involved in small visual pleasures, doesn’t strive for great significance, values small throwaway details and idiosyncrasy, and is intimate without being precious.”

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