Jack Youngerman: Works on Paper 1951-2012

Since his formative years in Paris in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Jack Youngerman's career has yielded distinctive explorations of invented form, organic abstraction, symmetry and asymmetry, employing a vibrant palette in varied mediums. From May 3 through June 3, The Drawing Room is pleased to present a window on the development of Youngerman’s visual language in an exhibition of works on paper that includes rare early collages, colorful gouache and oil paintings, and select India ink compositions - all notable for their rigor, freshness and graphic impact.

The show traces Youngerman’s progression beginning with early hard edge geometric works informed by Mondrian and mid-century French painting, through the emergence of his iconic vocabulary of shapes inspired by elements of nature and non-western iconography, to the most recent manifestations of his interest in symmetrical arrangements that radiate outward from a central core. Ranging from 3 to 21 inches square, some works emphasize a freedom of experimentation while others stand as fully resolved artworks that shed light on his path toward and beyond related monumental canvases.

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