Karl Benjamin
dal 9/1/2004 al 10/4/2004
Segnalato da
9/1/2004
Karl Benjamin
Louis Stern Fine Arts, Hollywood
'Color is the subject matter of painting. It possesses a powerful emotive quality, unique in each individual. Regardless of style or content, color is the material from which paintings are made.' This understanding has guided the work of Karl Benjamin since the inception of his career as a painter in the early fifties.
Paintings from 1950 - 1965
Louis Stern Fine Arts is pleased to present Karl Benjamin: Paintings from
1950 - 1965. The exhibition opens with a reception from 6 to 9pm, Saturday,
January 10 and continues through Saturday, April 10, 2004.
'Color is the subject matter of painting. It possesses a powerful emotive
quality, unique in each individual. Regardless of style or content, color
is the material from which paintings are made.' This understanding has
guided the work of Karl Benjamin since the inception of his career as a
painter in the early fifties.
A dazzling practitioner of what critic Jules Langsner termed 'hard edge'
painting and one of the four artists featured in the landmark 1959 'Abstract
Classicists' exhibition, Benjamin fills each canvas with meticulously
orchestrated color. A sharp-angled wedge of forest green lined by the
tenderest block of spring green forms something like the feeling of a hill
or does it? Benjamin's intuitive sensitivity to the peculiar union of form
and color produces works that defy reason and return the viewer to the
purely sensual delight of seeing.
Karl Benjamin's work has been exhibited throughout the United States and is
included in a number of prestigious private and public collections. Louis
Stern Fine Arts is the exclusive representative of his work and this
exhibition marks his first with the gallery.
Reception: Saturday, January 10, 6-9pm
Gallery hours, Tuesday  Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday, 11am-5pm
Image: Karl Benjamin
Totem Group III, 1957
oil on canvas, 50 x 30 inches
Louis Stern Fine Arts
Contacts: Marie Chambers, Katie Cromwell or Melissa Pope
9002 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069
310-276-0147, Fax 310-276-7740