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Nansy
Steinson
Numina, 1996
Steel with patina,
54" x 18" x 4" |
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Friedel
Dzubas
Untitled (detail), 1950's/60's
Oil on canvas, 88" x 48" |
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William
Manning
Untitled, 1965
Oil on canvas, 50 1/2" x 40 1/2" |
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Michel
Kanter
Facade, 1982
Clay, 14 1/2" x 18 1/2" x 3" |
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Seymour
Boardman
Untitled, 1971
Acrylic on canvas, 17" x 21" |
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Lindsey
Nobel
American Flight ** NY JFK Dept. 10:30, Arrival SF 3:30 PM, 1998
Acrylic and encaustic on wood,
12" x 24" |
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Ernest
Briggs
Untitled, 6-27, 1961
Oil on canvas, 51" x 41" |
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Ernest
Briggs
Untitled, December 1958
Oil on canvas, 94" x 69 1/2" |
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Seymour
Boardman
Untitled, 1955
Oil on canvas, 56" x 40" |
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Seymour
Boardman
Totem, 1959
Oil on canvas, 72 1/2" x 38 1/2" |
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September
13th - through December 3rd, 2005
The
classical world, from Egyptian to Greeks and Romans, focused on
conveying the bodies’ plasticity through harmonious beauty,
their movement and way of art expanding into space. Post-medieval
modern artists had emphasized the visible in painting, sculpture
and even architecture.
In
the twentieth century artists questioned both procedures: Duchamp
with his critique of what he called “retinal art,” Picasso
choosing “black art,” and rejecting the tradition of
Western sculpture.
The
abstract expressionists live with the tension of a nameless desire,
a spirituality that can be illusionary or radically dynamic. To
abstract something is to remove it from concrete experience, thus
creating the “invisible in the visible.”
In
this increasingly cyber and dot.com world Abstract Expressionism’s
startlingly direct and personal ways of communicating with the viewer
means more then moving paint around.
Abstract
sculpture also concentrated on seeking the individual and spontaneous
touch and expressing the inner-self, turning from realism to the
metaphysical – therefore invisible. The sculptors of the Abstract
Expressionist era and their followers went against the tradition
of carefully constructed sculpture.
Gallery
Hours: Tue – Sat, 11 – 6 pm
For more information, please contact Anita Shapolsky Gallery
212 452 1094 or ashapolsky@nyc.rr.com
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Ernest
Briggs
Untitled, 1950
Oil on canvas, 72" x 68" |
Lindsey
Nobel
People Or Not, 1998
Acrylic on wood, 24" x 24" 1 1/2" |
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Seymour
Boardman
April 3 (detail), 1960
Oil on canvas, 54" x 48" |
Lawrence
Calcagno
Blue
Land , 1962
Oil on canvas, 28" x 34"
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Clement
Meadmore
SplitRing 2D, 1972
Silk Screen, 33" x 29" |
Michel
Kenter
Cube, 1981
Bronze, 11 1/2" x 13 1/4" x 2" |
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Pavel
Kraus
Levitation, 2005
Mixed Media |
Ernest
Briggs
Untitled, 1958
Oil on canvas, 45 1/2" x 34" |
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Ernest
Briggs
Untitled, 6-27, 1961
Oil on canvas, 51" x 41" |
Lawrence
Calcagno
Blue Painting, 1975
Acrylic on canvas, 52" x 48" |
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Nancy
Steinson
Quanta Mare, 2001
Steel, 15" x 40" x 4" |
William
Manning
D-19-38, 1974
Acrylic on canvas, 42 1/2" x 42 1/2" |
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Lawrence
Calcagno
Red V, 1958-61
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"
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Lawrence
Calcagno
Dark Mesa #8, 1956
Oil on plywood, 40" x 32"
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Seymour
Boardman
Untitled, 2001
Oil on canvas, 24" x 32" |
Lindsey
Nobel
Living Waves, 1996
Acrylic and pen on canvas, 24" x 30" |
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Lindsey
Nobel
Internet III, 1996
Acrylic, pen and watercolor on canvas, 28" x 24" |
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