Two solo shows
dal 7/3/2008 al 11/4/2008
Segnalato da
7/3/2008
Two solo shows
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica
On exhibition a suite of 13 new etchings by New York artist Richard Serra entitled Path and Edges. Also on view Black and White Prints by Jasper Johns. The 12 prints include iconic images such as targets, American flags, numbers and themes such as The Seasons.
On exhibition from March 8 through April 12, 2008 at the Bobbie Greenfield Gallery will be a suite of 13 new etchings by New York artist Richard Serra entitled Path and Edges. Serra has had numerous public and private commissions including 8 massive steel sculptures in the permanent collection of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. In 2007, Richard Serra had a highly acclaimed mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Since 1972, Serra has been working at the Los Angeles atelier, Gemini GEL. Prints are an important part of this sculptor’s body of work. Serra approaches his printmaking process in a sculptural, three-dimensional way. As in his previous etchings, Serra uses a Paintstik to create a very textural, viscous quality. In Path and Edges, curved black bands fill the entire sheet that reveal only little slits of the buff-colored paper.
Also on view will be our exhibition, Black and White Prints by Jasper Johns. Inspired by the recent 2007 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Jasper Johns: Gray, the Bobbie Greenfield Gallery examined a selection of black and gray prints by Johns. The twelve prints on view will include iconic Jasper Johns images such as targets, American flags, numbers and themes such as The Seasons.
As part of Johns’ method of repetitive investigation, the use of the color gray or black gave Johns another opportunity to revisit his icons. The Art Institute exhibition included prints along-side paintings, drawings and sculpture. John’s use of different medium allowed him to reexamine the same imagery over and over again. Even the use of multiples or prints allowed John’s to conceptually execute work in a repetitive way.
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 8, 5 - 7 p.m.
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, B6 - Santa Monica
Public hours, Tuesday – Saturday, 11am-5:30pm
Free admission