DONALD ROLLER WILSON | LEO

David Findlay Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

“Donald Roller Wilson. The name conjures up an image of an evangelical preacher with his own circus side show. Reverend Roller Wilson’s Church of the cross-dressing chimpanzee… Ladies and Gentle souls, if you are Jung at heart, you are about to enter the surreal estate of Donald Roller Wilson. It is a world where the progeny of Jane Goodall and Charles Pierce stand paw in paw in the primordial dusk… Every Roller Wilson tells a story. Literally. A cross between William Faulkner and Dr. Seuss with a bit of the Old Testament. A biblical baklava, layered with allegory and imagery… Ans if you see as many Rollers as have, maybe you too will think that Darwin was wrong. Maybe the gene pool is a jacuzzi and that Reverend Donald is beckoning you to jump in without preconceptions.”

(Robin Williams in A Strong Night Wind: The Art of Donald Roller Wilson)