41 East 57th Street, 11th floor
New York, NY 10022
April 6 – May 20
Reception: Wednesday, April 6 · 6:00pm – 8:00pm
70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts presents a wide range of paintings on canvas through a spectrum of modern history. The show functions as a historical survey while at the same time a playful new vantage point. The eclectic mix derived from seven decades-worth of work initiates an unusual dialogue between historic and contemporary works. Furthermore, modern and post-modern influences and concerns are addressed. 70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts assembles works by a selection of modern and contemporary painters, including Josef Albers, Hans Hofmann and Jackson Pollock.
The exhibition aims to initiate an unusual dialogue between modern and post-modern concerns. Jason McCoy Gallery states, “It is our ambition to stress the timelessness of the abstract language in painting and to create a platform, which allows older works to appear in a new light and contemporary compositions to be viewed in the context of their influences.”
Press and Reviews 70 Years of Abstract Painting:
70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts found much critical attention. Reviews of the exhibition include Katy Crocker’s poetic vision in Painting, Doritos and Color Theory, found in literary and critical review The End of Being. Peggy Roalf also reviews the show in Design Arts Daily, Abstraction: Informers and The Informed. Hyperallergic Magazine’s Lynn Maliszewski also wrote about the show in, A Perceptual Dance Party for Your Eyes
Featured Artists:
Josef Albers, Peggy Bates, Norman Bluhm, Marc Van Cauwenbergh, Giorgio Cavallon, Cora Cohen, Gene Davis, Joe Fyfe, Maxwell Hendler, Hans Hofmann, Sharon Horvath, Terrell James, Martin Kline, Nick Lamia, Jim Lee, Sarah Mattes Martin Mullin, Rob Nadeau, Thomas Nozkowski, Paul Pagk, Charles Pollock, Jackson Pollock, Willy Bo Richardson, Jennifer Riley, Russell Roberts, Charles Seliger, Hedda Sterne, Gwenn Thomas, Leslie Wayne, and John Zinsser, among others.
More about Jason McCoy Gallery:
Founded in 1982, Jason McCoy Gallery focuses on furthering the understanding of abstract painting from a contemporary point of view. Furthermore, 70 Years of Abstract Painting reflects the many sources of inspiration the gallery draws from. Located in the Fuller Building in Midtown Manhattan, the gallery represents an international group of acclaimed contemporary artists working in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and installation. Secondary market works include the art of Louis Comfort Tiffany to Constantin Brancusi, Jackson Pollock, Adolph Gottlieb and Andy Warhol. As a longstanding member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), the gallery subscribes to the highest standard of connoisseurship, scholarship and ethical practice. Other major group exhibitions curated by Stephanie Buhmann at Jason McCoy include Paper Band.
More about Stephanie Buhmann
Besides having curated dozens of exhibitions for the past twenty years, she has conducted over ninety published interviews with contemporary artists, including Mark Dion, Katharina Grosse, Julie Mehretu, Shirin Neshat and Kiki Smith. She has received awards from the Kress Foundation, the Arp Foundation, the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation, Stiftung Kunstfonds, the Humboldt-Universität of Berlin, and the Wyeth Foundation, among others.
Curatorial projects include at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, the Macy Art Gallery, Teacher’s College, Columbia University and Jason McCoy, Inc. Artists she has exhibited include, Cora Cohen, Lee Krasner, Frederick Kiesler, Jackson Pollock, and Richard Pousette-Dart. Her published interviews include conversations with Polly Apfelbaum, Ernesto Neto, Kiki Smith, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Nancy Spero.
Press Releases for 70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts
Santa Fe University of Art and Design Press Release:
Santa Fe University Professor to Exhibit in New York Gallery
Jason McCoy Gallery Press Release:
70 Years of Abstraction
featured image: Three Muses, 2011, Oil on linen
excited to see how the contemporary paintings compliment the so-called “masters” of abstract painting.