Jennifer Bartlett: Reflections on the Grid 1970 - 2004 | paintings & prints on steel plates, glass and paper
The Drawing Room is pleased to announce an exhibition of Jennifer Bartlett’s work, opening in East Hampton on July 1. The show spotlights iconic motifs and conceptual explorations across the artist’s oeuvre, from enamel paintings on steel plates and glass to related print editions. Also on view are several Homan-ji paintings on hand-made paper from the early 1990s. At every turn, Bartlett mines her mediums and the infinite iterations of her distinctive imagery to their utmost potential.
Born in Long Beach, CA, Jennifer Bartlett moved to New York City in 1967 after receiving her MFA from Yale University. Her work has been the subject of several museum retrospectives and is represented in numerous public collections including the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, TX; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; the Tate Modern, London; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY.
See below for full press release and selected works.
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Jennifer BartlettUntitled, 1999Paintings, Enamel on glass over silkscreen grid on baked enamel, steel plates38 x 38 inches
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Jennifer BartlettHoman-ji 106G, 1995signed and dated lower rightJapanese mineral color with blue gold and platinum leaf over silkscreen grid on handmade Kozo paper24 x 24 inches27 3/8 x 26 3/8 inches framed
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Jennifer BartlettSixes, 1971enamel over silkscreen grid on baked enamel steel plate12 x 12 inches
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Jennifer BartlettSwimming Pool, c. 1970 - 1972Enamel over silkscreen grid on baked enamel, steel plates12 x 12 inches each