The New York School, 1969
dal 12/1/2015 al 13/3/2015
Segnalato da
Alexander Calder
John Chamberlain
Joseph Cornell
Mark di Suvero
Dan Flavin
Helen Frankenthaler
Adolph Gottlieb
Hans Hoffman
Donald Judd
Ellsworth Kelly
Roy Lichtenstein
Morris Louis
Robert Morris
Robert Motherwell
Isamu Noguchi
Kenneth Noland
Claes Oldenberg
Jules Olitski
Robert Rauschenberg
James Rosenquist
Frank Stella
Andy Warhol
Stewart Waltzer
12/1/2015
The New York School, 1969
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
This show recalls The Metropolitan Museum of Art's massive 1969 survey of New York School art, from Pollock to Warhol. Mounted as part of the Met's centennial celebration that year, the show was organized by Henry Geldzahler, the legendary art-world macher, critic and curator.
curated by Stewart Waltzer
New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940 - 1970 was the Met's most exciting exhibition to date under the auspices of director Thomas Hoving, who turned Henry Geldzahler loose to price the art world to alertness. Paul Kasmin Gallery is pleased to announce The New York School, 1969: Henry Geldzahler at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on view at 293 Tenth Avenue from January 13 - March 14, 2015. Curated by Stewart Waltzer, this comprehensive group show reprises Geldzahler's seminal exhibition and includes exemplary works by Alexander Calder, John Chamberlain, Joseph Cornell, Mark di Suvero, Dan Flavin, Helen Frankenthaler, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hoffman, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Isamu Noguchi, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenberg, Jules Olitski, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol, featuring works from the original exhibition.
By the early 60s, the genealogy of Abstract Expressionism had evolved to the fifth generation and new, unknown artists were finding fertile ground in a very rough-edged SoHo. By the end of the decade that melee had hardened into discreet "isms." It was then that curator Henry Geldzahler--cajoling, wheedling, loudly threatening obscurity and irrelevance--convinced the Met into presenting the exhaustively comprehensive survey show New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940 - 1970.
Geldzahler took over half the museum, more than 40 galleries, with 408 artworks. With taxonomic precision he delineated the thought and personalities that defined the New York School, specifying a broad horizon that stretched from Jackson Pollock to Andy Warhol. New York was the literal and metaphorical center of the arts, and Geldzahler included every artist that added a vital component to the party.
This exhibition is at Paul Kasmin Gallery not the Met. It comes 44 years later. But to see the shadow is to grasp the fierce and joyful intelligence of Henry Geldzahler. If you were not yet born in 1960, this show is a reminder that a great curator can change the way the future sees.
Image: Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott in front of their Portrait by Hockney, by Cecil Beaton. Courtesy of the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's
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Opening reception: January 13, 6 - 8pm
Paul Kasmin Gallery
293 Tenth Avenue
New York
Mon - Fri 10am to 6pm