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Rodolfo Abularach
Peter Agostini
Karel Appel
Thomas Beckman
Seymour Boardman
Ilya Bolotowsky
Ernest Briggs
Lawrence Calcagno
Nicolas Carone
Perez Celis
Nassos Daphnis
Haydn Davies
Lynne Drexler
Friedel Dzubas
Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Claire Falkenstein
Agustin Fernandez
Joseph Fiore
Mark Gibian
Stanley Hayter
John Hultberg
Carol Hunt
Buffie Johnson
Albert Kotin
Ibram Lassaw
Jenny Lee
Martee Levi
Michael Loew
William Manning
Jeanne Miles
Leonard Nelson
Louise Nevelson
Tom Nonn
Jeanne Reynal
Misha Reznikoff
Richards Ruben
William Saroyan
William Scharf
Ethel Schwabacher
Thomas Sills
Nancy Steinson
Antoni Tapies
Yvonne Thomas
Erik Van der Grijn
Wilfrid Zogbaum
ODDS & ENDS


Frank Bowling
Frank Bowling
“Thank You Graham Mileson”,
1987, acrylic / canvas, 70” x 27 ½”

Frank Bowling
Frank Bowling
“Canjebend”, 1980
Acrylic / canvas, 64" x 32"

Herbert Gentry

CURRENT EXHIBITION:
AFRICAN AMERICAN ABSTRACT MASTERS

February 6 - April 24, 2010
Betty Blayton, Frank Bowling, Ed Clark, Herbert Gentry, Bill Hutson, Sam Middleton, Joe Overstreet, Thomas Sills, Merton Simpson and Frank Wimberley
(About the artists - click here)

There is a concurrent exhibition at the Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba
219 East 2nd St, NY, NY 10009
PH: 212-674-3939
February 21 - April 24, 2010

Opalka Gallery will also feature these artists:
Opalka Gallery - The Sage Colleges
www.sage.edu/opalka
November 5 - December 12, 2010

This is the first time I am exhibiting an African-American group of artists. My gallery has exhibited black artists over the years in group shows. Many galleries have never shown them. The public should be made aware of good art whoever does it.
The artists in this exhibition are truly masters of Abstraction. The black art movement was helped by the W.P.A., the G. I. Bill (after WWII) and the Civil Rights movement. With all that, most artists had to go to Europe to paint and sell – similar to the jazz musicians of that era. Many of these artists did show in the fifties and early sixties but like all abstract artists, they were eclipsed by the Pop and Minimal movements. Today, many galleries are showing younger artists of all races. This group of first and second generation black artists has fallen through the cracks and should not be forgotten.
It is my pleasure to collaborate with an old colleague, Corinne Jennings, of the wellestablished Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba on this most important exhibition. Dr. Mary Anne Rose, the curator of this exhibition, knew most of these artists through her husband, Herbert Gentry. We thank her for the tremendous amount of work, energy and scholarship that she put into this exhibition. We are proud to partner again with Mr. Jim Wilson, Director of Opalka Gallery, Sage College of Albany, who continues to open new vistas for his students. This very important area of undervalued African American artists will surely enhance their spectrum of art history.
Anita Shapolsky

Gallery Hours
Wed – Sat 11 – 6 PM
or by app.

Catalog available - $10.00

If you wish to be contacted via email about our future exhibitions, please contact us at ashapolsky@nyc.rr.com.

Thomas Sills Ed Clark
Herbert Gentry
“Green Twins”, 1963,
Oi l / canvas, 39 ¼” x 32”
Thomas Sills
Untitled, nd, 1950's
Oil on canvas, 21" x 24"
Ed Clark
“Louisiana Series”, 1978,
Acrylic / canvas, 56” x 68 ½”
   
Joe Overstreet Sam Middleton Bill Hutson
Joe Overstreet
“Carry Back”, 1961,
Oil / canvas, 36” x 41 ¾”
Sam Middleton
“Fishing”, 1978,
Mixed media / board, 30 ½” x 42”
Bill Hutson
“Composition”, 1960,
Mixed media / board, 24” x 36”
     
Thomas Sills Joe Overstreet Merton Simpson
Thomas Sills
Arbor, 1959
Oil on cnvas, 45" x 49"
Joe Overstreet
“Pearl River”, 2003
Oil / stainless steel cloth, 48" x 42"
Merton Simpson,
“Landscape and Green Sun”, 1953
Oil / canvas, 40” x 36”
     
Merton Simpson Frank Wimberley Betty Blayton
Merton Simpson,
“Sky Story II”, 1963,
Oil / canvas, 50” x 40”
Frank Wimberley
“Barbara’s Painting”, 1958,
Acrylic / canvas, 40” x 30”
Betty Blayton
“Riot”, 1967
Oil on canvas, 46" x 31"
     
Betty Blayton Thomas Sills -Summer Frank Wimberley
Betty Blayton
“Big Band Jazzman”, 2004,
Oil / canvas, 47” Round
Thomas Sills
Summer, 1952
Oil on canvas, 44" x 43"
Frank Wimberley
“The Light, The Sea”, 1989,
Acrylic / canvas, 46” x 46”
     
Joe Overstreet Herbert Gentry Herbert Gentry
Joe Overstreet
“Black Star Line”, 1990
Oil / canvas and construction,
54" x 43"
Herbert Gentry
“He”, 1972,
Oi l / canvas, 24” x 19”
Herbert Gentry
“Man's and Animals Earth”, 1963,
Oil / canvas, 40" x 30"
     
Sam Middleton Ed Clark Ed Clark
Sam Middleton
“Study in Black and White”, 1964,
Gouache / paper, 18 1/4” x 25”
Ed Clark
“Black and Blue Movement”, 2009
Acrylic / canvas, 27" x 35"
Ed Clark
“Red, Black and Blue Movement”, 2009
Acrylic / canvas, 52 1/4” x 54”
     
Bill Hutson    
Bill Hutson
“Nine”, 2003
Acrylic / canvas, 81" x 11 1/2"
   
Works at the Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba
Frank Bowling Merton Simpson Sam Middleton
Frank Bowling
“Visage”, 2003
Acrylic / canvas, 18" x 21"
At the Kenkeleba Gallery
Merton Simpson,
“Untitled”, 1955,
Oil / board, 23 ½” x 29 ¾”
At the Kenkeleba Gallery

Sam Middleton
“Vibing”, 1983,
Mixed media / board, 20 ½” x 30 ½”
At the Kenkeleba Gallery

     
Frank Wimberley Betty Blayton Thomas Sills - Composition
Frank Wimberley
“Debris”, 1999,
Acrylic / canvas, 40” x 40”
At the Kenkeleba Gallery
Betty Blayton
“Forced Center Right”, 1975, mixed Media / canvas, 36” Round
At the Kenkeleba Gallery
Thomas Sills
Composition, 1953
Oil on canvas, 43" x 46"
At the Kenkeleba Gallery