bG Gallery, Clark Gregg and the Simone Gad Foundation are pleased to present the second solo exhibition from artist Frank Paletta titled Upside. The title Upside speaks of the beauty that can be found in the imperfections of the world and within us. “If you look past imperfection, what you may find is magic”. The artist evolves his perspective from his first solo exhibition four years ago, Radical Acceptance, to one of deeper optimism and light. This higher vibration is expressed through his sensitive coarseness of marks, shapes, textures in paintings like Peacekeeper. Dense atmospheres of rich colors leading around and through inner and outer space in Soul Reunion and Maitri. A survivor of a near-death mountain climbing accident at the age of 19, Paletta has overcome paraplegia and constant pain to make art, teach and be of service to his community. His new body of work encompasses a philosophical growth, energetic layering's of expressive colors alluding to figurations and landscapes, with poetic moments of pause across the spatial planes of canvases. Frank Paletta aims to gain a new studio to teach others to paint from the proceeds of this exhibition and seeks to expand his practice and vision through an artist residency in Italy.