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18/9/2003

Jose' Lerma

Southfirst, New York

TWO BEATS OFF, an exhibition of oil paintings

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 6–9 PM

The show features oil paintings Lerma created during his stay at the artist residency program Skowhegan this summer. Pink Polo Shirt, Rush, Leopold, Kiss Boy, Gumhoodie, and other paintings continue the work Lerma began in April at Southfirst in “Lives of the Obscure.” Playing with a cartoonish figuration reminiscent of Phillip Guston or Carroll Dunham and the painterly concerns of Joan Mitchell, their self-deprecating tone deflates the machismo of painting as a practice. Lerma has previously exhibited in a solo show at 7/3 Split in Chicago, and a two-person show at Southfirst about which The New York Times wrote, “He’s very good.”

José Lerma was born in Sevilla, Spain in 1971 and received an MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He recently completed a year of teaching painting at the Escuela des Artes Plasticas, San Juan, PR, where he worked with the studio program M&M Proyectos. He is a recipient of a Glassell Core Program fellowship and will begin residency in Texas this September, and he was recently nominated for a Tiffany Grant.

>> Opening reception: Friday, 19th September, 6PM-9PM in conjunction with the Williamsburg Gallery Association “THIRD FRIDAYS” event (26 galleries in Williamsburg are open until 9 PM every third Friday of each month).

Gallery hours: Fri, Sat & Sun 1-6 PM and by appointment.
Subway: L train to Bedford Avenue. F
or more information, please contact gallery director Maika Pollack at 718 599 4884

SOUTHFIRST
60 N6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Ph/Fx: 718 599 4884

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