Paul Jenkins: Phenomena Cry of the Peacoc |
Modern Summer : ABEX+ |
One of my cultural finds this summer is the Jenn Singer Gallery, a boutique-bijoux of a small space, masterminded by the petite gallery owner Jenn Singer. The gallery may be modest but it offers art on a grand scale---works on canvas and paper by some of today's most Influential Abstract Expressionists--hand picked from an important private collection in New York City. The gallery is located in New York City's historic Gramercy Park neighborhood, 72 Irving Place. The ongoing current exhibit opened in July and runs through August 28, 2015. |
Bright raw colors, rough edges and spontaneity define the
paintings on view by established artists including Paul Jenkins, Syd Solomon,
Robert Natkin and Stanley William Hayter. These artists are seasoned poets of
the brush---with a focus on pieces from the 1970s and 80s, by postwar modern
artists working at the height of their careers. All of the artists represented
at the Jenn Singer Gallery have enjoyed prominent exhibition histories and
their works are held in the permanent collections of top institutions including
MoMA, the Guggenheim, The Whitney and the Tate.
Paul Jenkins had a personal relationship with color and its purity, and was recognized as one of the leaders of the American Abstract Expressionist movement. Jenkins was known as a pioneer in uniting the concepts of color-field painting and action painting. His strong abstracts soar to heights of inspiration and resonate with hidden messages. Defined by the viewer Phenomena, for example, provides endless wonderment..Jenkins once proclaimed, "I paint what God is to me." In his paintings Jenkins flows, pulls, and pushes "pure color" to create almost celestial imagery on his paper and canvases. Two of his watercolors and oil on canvas are on view. Pictured here: Phenomena Cry of the Peacock, 1972. Watercolor on paper.
Paul Jenkins had a personal relationship with color and its purity, and was recognized as one of the leaders of the American Abstract Expressionist movement. Jenkins was known as a pioneer in uniting the concepts of color-field painting and action painting. His strong abstracts soar to heights of inspiration and resonate with hidden messages. Defined by the viewer Phenomena, for example, provides endless wonderment..Jenkins once proclaimed, "I paint what God is to me." In his paintings Jenkins flows, pulls, and pushes "pure color" to create almost celestial imagery on his paper and canvases. Two of his watercolors and oil on canvas are on view. Pictured here: Phenomena Cry of the Peacock, 1972. Watercolor on paper.
Syd Solomon's direction cast his creativity to the sea,
earth and sky as inspiration for his often-explosive action paintings. Soloman
gained notoriety in the 1960s, and pictured here is Baytop, oil and acrylic on
canvas 1980.
It is interest to note that another artist represented here,Stanley William Hayter's roots in printmaking and Surrealism were a formative influence on Pollock and other abstract expressionists via his printmaking studio, Atelier 17, where he taught Pollock and other well know artists including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Max Ernst, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Jacques Lipchitz and Alberto Giacometti. In his work on canvas "Curtain," the artist plays with his love of color, abstraction and the fascination with waves.
For additional images, information contact the gallery: info@jennsingergallery.com. Summer hours: Monday-Friday: 11am-6pm. Saturday by appointment only. T. 917.722.6119. info@jennsingergallery.com.
Fan mail welcome. pollytalknyc.gmail.com.
Syd Solomon's Baytop, 1980 |
It is interest to note that another artist represented here,Stanley William Hayter's roots in printmaking and Surrealism were a formative influence on Pollock and other abstract expressionists via his printmaking studio, Atelier 17, where he taught Pollock and other well know artists including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Max Ernst, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Jacques Lipchitz and Alberto Giacometti. In his work on canvas "Curtain," the artist plays with his love of color, abstraction and the fascination with waves.
For additional images, information contact the gallery: info@jennsingergallery.com. Summer hours: Monday-Friday: 11am-6pm. Saturday by appointment only. T. 917.722.6119. info@jennsingergallery.com.
Fan mail welcome. pollytalknyc.gmail.com.
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