Howard Warshaw
dal 26/5/2004 al 14/7/2004
Segnalato da
26/5/2004
Howard Warshaw
Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara
A retrospective of Southern California modernist (1920-1977). This long awaited exhibition presents more than thirty important early and mid-career paintings, drawings, and collage works many of with extensive and important exhibition histories.
Works from the Artist's Estate
Reception and Opening: Thursday, May 27, 2004 from 5:00 Â 7:00 PM
Sullivan Goss  An American Gallery presents a retrospective of Southern
California modernist Howard Warshaw (1920-1977). This long awaited
exhibition presents more than thirty important early and mid-career
paintings, drawings, and collage works many of with extensive and important
exhibition histories. The selection highlights the development of Warshaw's
organic cubism and documents important phases of this critically recognized
artist and educator.
Born in New York, Warshaw emerges at a juncture of American Art with his
debut at the 1945 Whitney Museum of Art's Annual Exhibition of Contemporary
Paintings  and event recognized for heralding the arrival of the New York
School. At that time, Los Angeles based artists Eugene Berman, Rico Lebrun
and their colleague Howard Warshaw were recognized as the forefront of
contemporary art in Southern California. With the support of legendary
collector Vincent Price and dealer Frank Perls in Los Angeles and dealers
Julian Levy and later Jacques Selligmann in New York, Warshaw enjoyed
national acclaim with multiple bi-coastal exhibitions and awards.
Relocating in 1955 with a teaching position at UC Santa Barbara, Warshaw
developed over the next two decades a humanist based curriculum that
emphasized his approaches to the human figure, fine draftsmanship, and
critical cubism. During this time his work expanded to include multi-media
collage and monumental murals encompassing dramatic cinematic compositions
of multiple figures, engaging spatial relationships, and Warshaw's
insightful 'extra-painting references.'
The artist's estate has been held privately for decades. The exhibition is
the debut of representation of the artist by Sullivan Goss, and is an
opportunity to see works long held from view. At time when the history of
Southern California and its national merit is being critically re-evaluated,
this exhibition is timely.
For further information or visual materials, please contact Edward Celia at
the gallery.
Sullivan Goss  An American Gallery (Downtown)
7 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Open Daily 10-5:30pm