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On And Off The Grid: Antonio Asis • Jennifer Bartlett • Gustavo Bonevardi • Jack Lenor Larsen • Vincent Longo • Thomas Nozkowski • Dorothy Ruddick • Anne Ryan • Alan Shields • Jack Youngerman

Past exhibition
June 4 - July 26, 2021
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Press Release
Vincent Longo, Strung Out, 1971
Vincent Longo, Strung Out, 1971

From June 4 – July 26, the gallery is pleased to present a group show of paintings, collages, weavings and works on paper by artists working from the early 1950s to the present. In each artist’s case, an underlying gridded armature often served as a springboard for powerful abstract imagery. From precisely rendered geometric compositions Jack Youngerman and Antonio Asis created in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s to an important fiber work by master weaver Jack Lenor Larsen and the innovative mixed media techniques harnessed by Dorothy Ruddick and Alan Shields, the selection reveals the infinite potential of experimenting with interlaced linear marks and materials.

 

Spare paintings from the 1970s by Vincent Longo, rare 1950s collages by Anne Ryan and a series of recent acrylic and wash abstractions on Masonite by Gustavo Bonevardi present additional subtle variations on the grid. A vibrant 1998 painting by Jennifer Bartlett comprising a canvas and a quadrant of 4 painted steel plates is a tour-de-force that merges the artist's longstanding exploration of the grid with her iconic house motif. Thomas Nozkowski’s inventive works are animated with a quirky array of layered forms in a broad spectrum of colors. The installation draws attention to the implicit dialogue across decades and continents.

 


See below for full press release and selected works. 

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Works
  • Thomas Nozkowski Untitled (9-11), 2012 oil on linen on panel 22 x 28 inches 23 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches framed
    Thomas Nozkowski
    Untitled (9-11), 2012
    oil on linen on panel
    22 x 28 inches
    23 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches framed
  • Alan Shields Tower of Babal, 2000 signed, dated and titled watercolor on cotton pulp-dipped galvanized steel armature, glass beads 47 1/2 x 22 x 22 inches
    Alan Shields
    Tower of Babal, 2000
    signed, dated and titled
    watercolor on cotton pulp-dipped galvanized steel armature, glass beads
    47 1/2 x 22 x 22 inches
  • Vincent Longo Strung Out, 1971 signed and dated verso acrylic on canvas 18 x 18 inches
    Vincent Longo
    Strung Out, 1971
    signed and dated verso
    acrylic on canvas
    18 x 18 inches
  • Dorothy Ruddick Untitled (T.032), 1981 cotton thread on linen 17 x 15 inches
    Dorothy Ruddick
    Untitled (T.032), 1981
    cotton thread on linen
    17 x 15 inches
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