January 30th, 2015 by dave dorsey
An Anniversary, Edwin Dickinson, Oil on Canvas, Albright Knox Art Gallery
From Matt Klos, I got the notice below about a couple exhibits of perceptual painting which I’ll be heading down to see in Maryland next month. The first show is a must-see, if for no other reason that the fact that it’s a chance to see An Anniversary, by Edwin Dickinson, which is in the permanent collection in Buffalo at the Albright-Knox. Matt was able to wrest quite a few paintings like this from various sources to put together this overview of how perceptual painting has evolved. I discovered it by chance a couple years ago at the Albright Knox while wandering through its permanent collection after having lunch there with A.P. Gorney. But since then, it has been in storage whenever I’ve been there. While down in the Baltimore area, I’ll spend some time talking with Matt about what went into curating what looks to be such a great show. Can’t wait. The announcement from Matt, including details on a second show of contemporary painters, including his work:
Exhibition 1, “A Lineage of American Perceptual Painters,” curated by Matt Klos
A Lineage of American Perceptual Painters, January 15 – March 1, 2015
This exhibition of American Perceptual Painters focuses on a lineage of American Realism begun, in part, by Edwin Dickinson (1891-1978), a student and contemporary of Charles Hawthorne (1872-1930), through the present day. Though representing various genres, themes, and approaches, these artists share a commonality which involves painting from direct observation. This exhibition celebrates a representational lineage that has persevered through the antagonism of the Modern era and continues to enrich the discussion of contemporary American art.
Artists:
Charles W. Hawthorne (1872-1930) Susan Jane Walp (b. 1948)
Gwen John (1876-1939) Tim Kennedy (b. 1954)
Edwin Dickinson (1891-1978) Charles Ritchie (b. 1954)
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) Eve Mansdorf (b. 1955)
Arnold Newman (1918-2006) Scott Noel (b. 1955)
George Nick (b. 1927) Philip Geiger (b. 1956)
Lennart Anderson (b. 1928) James Fitzsimmons (b. 1957)
Gregory Gillespie (1936-2000) Neil Riley (b. 1957)
Gillian Pederson-Krag (b. 1938) Tim Lowly (b. 1958)
Rackstraw Downes (b. 1939) Gideon Bok (b. 1966)
Stanley Lewis (b. 1941) Elizabeth Geiger (b. 1967)
Mark Karnes (b. 1948) Sangram Majumdar (b. 1976)
St John’s College
The Mitchell Gallery
60 College Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
Gallery open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. on Friday before the College lecture or concert. Closed on Monday.
I’ll give a lecture about the exhibition on February 17th at 5:30pm and there will be a panel discussion with some of the artists on February 22nd at 3pm. All are welcome to attend!
Exhibition 2, “Subject and Subjectivity,” curated by Matthew Ballou
This exhibition will be held at Anne Arundel Community College in the Cade Gallery. The exhibition runs from January 26th through February 26th with a curator’s/artist’s talk in the gallery on January 28th at 11am, an artist’s talk by Matthew Ballou at 1pm in Cade 326, and an opening reception that evening from6-8pm.
I will have two paintings in this group exhibition, “Subject and subjectivity: a selection of perceptual paintings.”
Perceptual painters do, in some sense, have a mannered approach to their work. The mannerism is related to their sensing and becoming increasingly aware of the visual character of sensing light, form, color, focus, and space; these are the core subject matter of the perceptual painter. An area of light may become as dense and impenetrable as stone. A solid form may be seen as diaphanous as atmospheric space. These are but two examples of the syncopated intersubjectivity of our senses.
The focus of this exhibition is object studies – perhaps singular, perhaps in tableau – that are aimed not at the slavish presentation of the appearance of objects but rather find their true subject in the scanning, flashing, point-to-point-yet-all-over arrangement of visual and material phenomena. These works move beyond the notational or the schematic to embrace an experiential subjectivity. -Ballou
Artists:
Matthew Ballou
David Campbell
Anne Harris
David Jewell
Catherine Kehoe
Matt Klos
John Lee
Aaron Lubrick
Carolyn Pyfrom
Erin Raedeke
Christian Ramirez
Brian Rego
Megan Schaffer
Shannon Soldner
Peter Van Dyck
Anne Arundel Community College
John A. Cade Center for Fine Arts, Cade Gallery (East Campus)
101 College Pkwy, Arnold, MD 21012
Gallery open weekdays 8am-5pm and Saturday 9am-2pm.
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