Rodolfo Abularach
Peter Agostini
Karel Appel
Thomas Beckman
Seymour Boardman
Ilya Bolotowsky
Ernest Briggs
Lawrence Calcagno
Nicolas Carone
Perez Celis
Bruce Checefsky
Nassos Daphnis
Haydn Davies
Lynne Drexler
Friedel Dzubas
Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Claire Falkenstein
Agustin Fernandez
Joseph Fiore
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

PAST EXHIBITION:
"ENCORE": The paintings and sculpture of 4 Abstract Expressionists:
Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Leonard Nelson, Jeanne Reynal and Thomas Sills

September 12th through October 21st, 2006. Catalogue available.

“Encore” an exhibition that I collaborated on with Ms. Sandra Kraskin, director of the Miskhin Gallery at Baruch College will be exhibited at the Anita Shapolsky Gallery.
The premise of this exhibition is that you didn’t have to be in New York to be part of the New York School, which was then an elite white, male movement. I was told many years ago by my older artist friends that during the 50’s under any rock you would find a good artist. These exhibiting under known artists personify that idea.They were all influenced by the European surrealists with the use of the automatic process of free association. Amaranth Ehrenhalt, the youngest and only living member of this group is truly an “action painter”. Amaranth is part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists. She moved to Paris in the 50’s and knew many of the artists that I have exhibited over the years (who were in Europe on the G.I.Bill). These dynamic, energetic paintings of the 50’s are classic examples of abstract expressionism.
Leonard Nelson, a first generation Abstract Expressionist, participated in many of the avant-garde activities of the movement of the 40’s. He exhibited in shows at the legendary Betty Parsons Gallery. Leonard experimented with several stylistic possibilities which you will see in this exhibition. He painted flattened, hieroglyphic figures and then gestural abstractions, which he later simplified into color-field paintings. A monograph by Sam Hunter, critic and art historian “Leonard Nelson, A Life in Art” was published in 2001 by Rizzoli.
Jeanne Reynal was also a first generation Abstract Expressionist. The influence of Ashile Gorky is apparent in her work. Although she used rigid materials – stone, glass and cement – her improvisational approach and gestural process connected much of her work to Abstract Expressionism. In her most experimental work Jeanne used sweeping movements to scatter minerals or stone “dust” across the surface of her sculpture before the cement dried, activating its surface with color and reflected light. She exhibited at the Betty Parsons gallery and is included in many museum collections.
Thomas Sills, African American, was a self-trained artist and husband of Jeanne Reynal. His paintings feature luminous organic forms in lush fields of color. Much of his work embodies a transitional movement between Abstract Expressionism and color field painting. In 1955 Sills had his first of many exhibitions at Betty Parsons Gallery. His paintings are in many major museum collections including San Francisco MoMA, MET Museum, L.A. County Museum and MoMA, NY. Through problems beyond our control, Ary Stillman, also included in the catalogue, will not be exhibited.

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