calendario eventi  :: 

X

19/6/2006

Two exhibitions

George Adams Gallery, New York

Amer Kobaslija
Large Scale Studio Paintings

This summer George Adams Gallery will present new large-scale paintings by Amer Kobaslija. Following his debut exhibition at the gallery earlier this year featuring small-scale paintings of his studio, this exhibition will introduce six new oils of the artist's studio that range in size from single panel paintings 5x4 feet to a nearly life-size triptych 7x12 feet.

Kobaslija favors vertiginous perspectives and this sensation is greatly enhanced by his shift to the larger scale. Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye), 2006, for example, presents a cluttered studio -- paint encrusted palette, paint splattered floor, photographs and paintings covering the walls, a tripod-mounted camera in the center of the room -- seen from above. The skewed bird?s eye-view not only reveals the artists working method, but also draws attention to and intensifies the complex ecosystem of the artist's cramped quarters. In contrast, Door View, 2005, also a triptych and one of the largest paintings in the exhibition at just over 7x9 feet, starkly depicts the studio as if abandoned with bare whitewalls and the door left ajar.

Amer Kobaslija was born in Bosnia in 1975. He received his BFA from the Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida and his MFA from Montclair University in New Jersey. In 2005, Kobaslija was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant.

---

David Fox
Images of War

In the Drawing Gallery George Adams Gallery will present Images of War: Recent Monotypes by David Fox. Part of an ongoing cycle of work, Fox explores themes of war and human rights violations brought to the public's attention through the extensive media coverage of U.S. soldiers' abuse of Iraqi prisoners and the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. In the legacy of Goya, these black and white images focus attention on the moment of violent contact between perpetrator and victim.

Fox was born in London, England and studied at the Wimbledon School of Art and St. Martin's School of Art. He received his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Fox was the first recipient of the Graduate Painting Fellowship awarded by the Hoffberger School of Painting, a division of the graduate program at MICA. Fox lives and works in New York where he has resided for the past 20 years.

Image: Amer Kobaslija, Con Te Partiro, 2006 Oil on panel 74 1/4 x 85 7/8 inches (diptych) AKop 25

George Adams Gallery
525 West 26th Street First Floor New York, New York 10001
Gallery Hours: In July and August the gallery will be open Tuesday - Friday from 10 -5, Mondays by appointment.

stampa

permanent link