Showing posts with label American Abstract Artists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Abstract Artists. Show all posts

Sunday, October 2, 2016

“Chromatic Space” at Shirley Fiterman Art Center

CHROMATIC SPACE
Curated by Jonathan Lippincott
An exhibition of recent work by members of American Abstract Artists

Shirley Fiterman Art Center
81 Barclay Street, New York, NY.
Sept. 22 – Nov. 5, 2016

PANEL DISCUSSION,
Thursday, October 13, 6 – 8pm
 
 
MODERATOR: Jonathan Lippincott
PANELISTS: Barbara MacAdam, Ellen Hackl Fagan, Paul Corio


CHROMATIC SPACE is the third of three exhibitions held this year in celebration of the eightieth anniversary of American Abstract Artists. This exhibition seeks to illuminate the ways that artists use color to explore the possibilities of depth, scale, atmosphere, and movement, and to create the content and iconography in their work. From the rigorous flatness of hard edge painting to the celestial expanse of color field work, the use of color activates a work of art in an exciting variety of ways.


ARTISTS
:

Members
: Alice Adams, Steven Alexander, Martin Ball, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Susan Bonfils, Power Boothe, Sharon Brant, Henry Brown, Marvin Brown, James O. Clark, Mark Dagley, Gabriele Evertz, Gail Gregg, James Gross, Lynne Harlow, Mara Held, Daniel G. Hill, Phillis Ideal, Julian Jackson, Roger Jorgensen, James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Marthe Keller, Iona Kleinhaut, Irene Lawrence, Jane Logemann, Vincent Longo, David Mackenzie, Stephen Maine, Katinka Mann, Nancy Manter, Joanne Mattera, Creighton Michael, Manfred Mohr, Judith Murray, John Obuck, Jim Osman, Corey Postiglione, Lucio Pozzi, Raquel Rabinovich, Ce Roser, Irene Rousseau, Anne Russinof, Lorenza Sannai, Mary Schiliro, Jim Seawright & Mimi Garrard, Claire Seidl, Edward Shalala, Susan Smith, Robert Swain, Richard Timperio, Li Trincere, Kim Uchiyama, Lynn Umlauf, Clover Vail, Vera Vasek, Don Voisine Merrill Wagner, Stephen Westfall, Jeanne Wilkinson, Mark Williams, Thornton Willis, Nola Zirin

Past Members: 
Clement Meadmore, Babe Shapiro, George Sugarman

Invited Guests
: Ramon Alcolea, Ronald Bladen, Victoria Burge, Robert Murray, James Rosati

http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/sfac/       •        http://americanabstractartists.org/


Click here for Brochure 


For more photos, please visit Joanne Mattera’s Art Blog for a really thorough documentation:
http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2016/10/chromatic-space-in-lower-manhattan.html 

Thornton Willis, Lucio Pozzi, James Juszczyk (above), Sharon Brant (below), Creighton Michael, Julian Jackson,
Mary Schiliro, Stephen Maine, James O. Clark (floor), on pedastals: Jim Osman, James Rosati, and Alice Adams

James O. Clark (floor), Kim Uchiyama, Jane Logemann, Steven Alexander,
Nola Zirin, Mara Held, on pedastal: Jim Osman

Mary Schiliro, Stephen Maine, and James O. Clark (floor)

Manfred Mohr,, Victoria Burge, Gabriele Evertz, Daniel G. Hill, Mark Williams,
Power Boothe (above), Joanne Mattera (below), Henry Brown

Daniel G. Hill

Julian Jackson

Lucio Pozzi, James Juszczyk, Sharon Brant, and Creighton Michael

Claire Seidl

Nola Zirin, Mara Held, Li Trincere, Anne Russinof, and Marthe Keller

Anne Russinof

Richard Timperio (above), and Clement Meadmore

Phillis Ideal

Emily Berger

Susan Bonfils, and Stephen Westfall

Ramon S. Alcolea, Judith Murray (above), and David MacKenzie

Ronald Bladen

James Gross, Martin Ball, and Cecily Kahn

Monday, June 6, 2016

WPA Murals at the Johnson Museum

In 1935, the Federal Art Project (FAP), a subdivision of President Roosevelt’s Work Progress Administration (WPA), was established. Over the next decade, thousands of artists were employed to create art for public spaces in federal buildings. Four murals—by artists Ilya Bolotowsky, Albert Swinden, Joseph Rugolo, and Dane Chanase—were commissioned for the Hospital of Chronic Diseases on Welfare Island (later Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Roosevelt Island) to decorate public rooms, where patients could relax in a quiet atmosphere. Bolotowsky wrote that the hospital “should have a mural in its day room as modern and progressive as the structure of the building and as the medical science of its staff.” The choice of these abstract artists was an unusual one, but Burgoyne Diller, project supervisor of the New York City WPA/FAP Mural Division, was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists group, as were Bolotowsky and Swinden.  

This exhibition was curated by Nancy E. Green, the Gale and Ira Drukier, Curator of European and American Art, Prints & Drawings, 1800–1945, at the Johnson Museum


January 30 – May 29, 2016
http://museum.cornell.edu/exhibitions/revealed-wpa-murals-roosevelt-island 

Hyperallergic Review:
 http://hyperallergic.com/301542/rescuing-roosevelt-islands-rare-abstract-wpa-murals/


Joseph Rugolo

Ilya Bolotowski

Ilya Bolotowski (detail)

Ilya Bolotowski (detail)

Albert Swinden

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Closing Soon: “The Onward of Art”

TWO MORE WEEKS
“The Onward of Art”
1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery
Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of American Abstract Artists
Curated by Karen Wilkin
Jan. 18 – March 25, 2016


To read the review in The New Criterion by James Panero, click here


1285 Ave. of the Americas Art Gallery
(6th Ave. between 51st and 52nd Streets)
New York, NY 10019
Gallery hours: Mon to Fri, 8am - 6pm
Google Map

 
Participating Artists:
Alice Adams, Steven Alexander, Martin Ball, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Susan Bonfils, Power Boothe,
Naomi Boretz, Sharon Brant, Henry Brown, Marvin Brown, Mark Dagley, Gabriele Evertz, Heidi Glück,
Gail Gregg, James Gross, Lynne Harlow, Mara Held, Daniel G. Hill, Gilbert Hsiao, Phillis Ideal,
Julian Jackson, Roger Jorgensen, James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Marthe Keller, Iona Kleinhaut,
Victor Kord, Irene Lawrence, Jane Logemann, David Mackenzie, Stephen Maine, Katinka Mann,
Nancy Manter, Joanne Mattera, Creighton Michael, Manfred Mohr, Judith Murray, John Obuck,
Jim Osman, Corey Postiglione, Lucio Pozzi, Raquel Rabinovich, Dorothea Rockburne, Ce Roser,
Irene Rousseau, David Row, Anne Russinof, Cordy Ryman, Lorenza Sannai, Mary Schiliro, Claire Seidl,
Edward Shalala, Susan Smith, Richard Timperio, Li Trincere, Kim Uchiyama, Vera Vasek, Don Voisine,
Stephen Westfall, Jeanne Wilkinson, Mark Williams, Thornton Willis, Kes Zapkus, and Nola Zirin

Many thanks to Joanne Mattera for photographing the show.

The entire show is documented on her blog:

  http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-onward-of-art-american-abstract_23.html

Learn more about American Abstract Artists
here


 
Catalog Design by Linda Florio




(clockwise from lower left) Joanne Mattera, Irene Rousseau, and Roger Jorgensen

Joanne Mattera


(clockwise from lower left) Lucio Pozzi, Thornton Willis, and Lorenza Sannai

Above: Stephen Westfall, below: Gilbert Hsaio, left and right: John Obuck

Anne Russinof

Cecily Kahn

Left, Emily Berger, right: Dorthea Rockburne

Henry Brown

Don Voisine

Daniel G. Hill




Claire Seidl

Steven Alexander (above), James Juszczyk (left), and Mary Schiliro (right). Photo credit: Paul Takeuchi.



Stephen Maine (above), Jane Logemann (two at left), and David MacKenzie (two at right)

Sharon Brant (above), Manfred Mohr (two at left), and Katinka Mann (right)

Friday, February 19, 2016

Last Weekend to catch “Visible Histories”

Last Weekend to see:

Visible HistoriesCurated by Max Weintraub

In celebration of the 80th Anniversary of American Abstract Artists
http://americanabstractartists.org/

Participating Artists:
With Alice Adams, Steven Alexander, Martin Ball, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Susan Bonfils,
Naomi Boretz, Sharon Brant, Henry Brown, Marvin Brown, James O. Clark, Gabriele Evertz,
James Gross, Mara Held, Daniel G. Hill, Gilbert Hsiao, Phillis Ideal, Julian Jackson, Roger Jorgensen,
James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Marthe Keller, Iona Kleinhaut, Jane Logemann, Stephen Maine,
Katinka Mann, Nancy Manter, Joanne Mattera, Creighton Michael, Manfred Mohr, Jim Osman,
Corey Postiglione, Lucio Pozzi, Raquel Rabinovich, David Reed, Ce Roser, Irene Rousseau,
Anne Russinof, Cordy Ryman, Lorenza Sannai, Mary Schiliro, James Seawright & Mimi Garrard,
Claire Seidl, Edward Shalala, Susan Smith, Richard Timperio, Li Trincere, Kim Uchiyama, Lynn Umlauf,
Clover Vail, Vera Vasek, Don Voisine, Stephen Westfall, Jeanne Wilkinson,
Mark Williams, Thornton Willis, and Nola Zirin


Jan. 27 - Feb. 21, 2016

 
Abrons Art Center at Henry Street Settlement
466 Grand Street, NY, NY 10002
Gallery hours: Tues to Sat: 11am - 6pm, Sun: 12 - 6pm

Morris-Warren Gallery
171 Chrystie Street, NY, NY 10002
Gallery hours: Weds to Sun: 12 - 6pm

 AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER:


(l-r) Cordy Ryman, Mary Schiliro, Vera Vasek



(l-r) Clover Vail, Lynn Umlauf

(l-r) Mark Williams, Roger Jorgensen, James Juszczyk

(l-r) Sharon Brant, Siri Berg, Manfred Mohr

(l-r) Anne Russinof, Corey Postiglione

Emily Berger

(l-r) Manfred Mohr, Anne Russinof, Corey Postiglione, Emily Berger, Claire Seidl, Iona Kleinhaut


(l-r) Claire Seidl, Iona Kleinhaut

(l-r) Steven Alexander, Joanne Mattera, Richard Timperio

(l-r) Julian Jackson, James Gross, Susan Smith

James Gross

Marvin Brown

(l-r) Ce Roser, Lorenza Sannai

Cecily Kahn

Gabriel Evertz

(l-r) Henry Brown, Martin Ball


 AT MORRIS-WARREN GALLERY:


Creighton Michael

Daniel G. Hill

Jim Osman

(l-r) Katinka Mann, Lucio Pozzi, Alice Adams

Nola Zirin

Stephen Westfall

(l-r) Stephen Maine, Phillis Ideal

(l-r) Naomi Boretz, Jane Logemann

(above and below) Racquel Rabinovitch, Edward Shalala



Irene Rousseau


(l-r) Thornton Willis, Mara Held

(l-r) Don Voisine, Nancy Manter

James O. Clark

Marthe Keller

Kim Uchiyama

Jeanne Wilkinson

(above and below) Jim Seawright & Mimi Gerard, and Susan Bonfils

Li Trincere

Gilbert Hsiao

David Reed