Two exhibitions
dal 9/9/2005 al 8/10/2005
Segnalato da
9/9/2005
Two exhibitions
ACA Galleries, New York
Sidney Goodman: Bodies and Memories. The artist is known for his paintings and drawings based on the human figure which mix meticulous observation with expressive distortion. John Dobbs: On the Road Again and Other Works. An accomplished draftsman, Dobbs' paintings depict a wide range of subjects from contemporary politics, urban landscapes and portraits to interior scenes.
Sidney Goodman: Bodies and Memories
Recent Paintings and Drawings
September 10, 2005 through October 8, 2005
ACA Galleries is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Sidney Goodman.
Considered one of America's most important living figurative artists, Goodman is known for his paintings and drawings based on the human figure which mix meticulous observation with expressive distortion. He is recognized for his compelling contemporary subjects which incorporate metaphor and metaphysics to explore the complexities of the human condition. His works depict universal emotions such as excitement, love, fear, loneliness and anxiety through the lens of his individual experience and unique perception.
Born in 1936 in Philadelphia, where he continues to live, he attended the Philadelphia College of Art (now University of Arts) from 1954-58. In 1961 he received immediate critical attention at his New York debut exhibition and was awarded the Whitney Museum of American Art's Neysa McMein Purchase Award. The following year he was included in exhibitions at the Whitney and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Since then he has continued to exhibit regularly throughout the United States and teach at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Percy M. Owens Memorial for a Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist; a NEA Fellowship and Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Award in the Visual Arts. He received an Honorary Degree in 1996 from the Art Institute of Boston and was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1998.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is currently organizing a traveling exhibition of paintings and drawings which will be circulated throughout the United States in 2007. In conjunction with the exhibition a monograph will be published by Hudson Hills Press with essays by Frank Goodyear, Director of the Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ and Mark Rosenthal, Adjunct Curator of 20th Century Art, the Menil Collection, Houston, TX.
The Anthony Giordano Gallery at Dowling College in Oakdale, Long Island will present an exhibition of his works from October 30 through December 11, 2005.
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John Dobbs: On the Road Again and Other Works
September 10, 2005 through October 8, 2005
ACA Galleries is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition of small scale paintings by John Dobbs.
An accomplished draftsman, Dobbs' paintings depict a wide range of subjects from contemporary politics, urban landscapes and portraits to interior scenes. Inspired by observations and experiences from his own life, he draws on his memories and impressions as a source for his work.
Born in Nutley, New Jersey, he won scholarships to attend the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture from 1950-52. He began teaching in 1956 at his alma mater, the Brooklyn Museum Art School where he was an instructor until 1959. He continued teaching art at the New School for Social Research from 1964 – 1972 and then at John Jay College from 1972 – 1996, with year long appointments at the National Academy of Design in 1978 and the Art Students League in 1982. Since his 1959 debut exhibition he has continued to exhibit regularly throughout the United States.
His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY; Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ; Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH and Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MA.
He is the recipient of many grants and awards including the Emily Lowe Award from the Audubon Artists (1965); the Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant (1967), the Childe Hassam Purchase prize (1972) and the Art Award (1994) from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1976 and has been awarded the Benjamin Altman Prize (1978), the Ranger Fund Purchase Prize (1980); the Leila Gardin Sawyer Prize (1983); the Grumbacher Gold Medal (1989), and Edwin Palmer Award (1991).
His work will be included in the exhibition, Continuum: Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the Art Students League of New York from October 15 through November 26, 2005 at ACA Galleries.
Image:
Sidney Goodman
Boy with Caution Tape
Oil on canvas
10 x 8 in.
ACA Galleries
529 West 20th Street
5th Floor
New York, NY 10011