http://www.forumgallery.com/current_on1.php?id=217
July 1, 2008, New York – New Acquisitions, (July 10 through August 22, 2008) will showcase thirty works new to the gallery in the last year, and will include large and small-scale paintings, dramatic sculpture and important drawings by Forum Gallery roster artists and twentieth century and contemporary masters.
This video features works by Steven Assael, Paul Fenniak, Linden Frederick, Edward Hopper, Michael Leonard, Alan Magee, Odd Nerdrum, Larry Rivers, Max Weber, Tom Wesselmann, and Francisco Zúñiga.
Concurrently, running from July 10 through September 6, 2008 Forum Gallery will offer the rare opportunity to see a separate exhibition of eleven of renowned Paris-based artist Charles Matton’s box constructions, each an exquisitely detailed miniature recreation of a real or imagined location. Matton has said of his works: “I create two kinds of boxes: those whose purpose is to recreate an atmosphere that has delighted me, a memory whose existence I wish to perpetuate; and the more objective pieces that are the result of a detailed examination of the “realistic truth” of a certain place.” Painstakingly crafted from wood, mirrors, moving pictures and wallpaper, depictions of the studios of a Classical Sculptor, of libraries and of a pianist performing Debussy will be on view alongside Matton’s Hommages to James Joyce, Edward Hopper, and Lucian Freud.
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November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
you own nerdrums??!
you own nerdrums??!
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
I have 7 Odd …
I have 7 Odd Nerdrum’s eto date…my kids went to university thanks to him and my late friend Jean Michel Basquiat..
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Should see the …
Should see the current summer show, for my money Assael steals it. He’s a painters painter. Color abounds.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
I don’t see how he …
I don’t see how he paints those stones either, just doesn’t appeal to me in teh least bit, i hate looking at it. I like figurative art when it expresses, to me more fulfilling. Rembrandt… great example. 5 lines are enough if done well, just give me 5 good lines of great expression… sadly thats tough to find anymore. people wanna sit around and paint marbles and from photos… who the cares.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
The pros and cons …
The pros and cons of art , whether it be figuratif or not. Personally I think the most important thing is personality , style and the effect it has on us the viewers. Also being an artist I like freedom and movement more then painfull figuratif representation. At least isn’t rubbish , but I pity the artist who painted those stones! talk about monotony ! i paint professionally and I keep wqell away from paintings that brain damage you. I’ve done my fair share of figuratif art & it”s a pain !
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
I agree. He …
I agree. He definitely has a unique style. I was just a little upset when he claimed he was BETTER than every artist on display. In terms of raw, natural talent, I think Nerdrum is unparalleled in contemporary painting. You cannot teach what he does. It’s complete chaos but always beautiful. Collins has a process. Still beautiful, but easier to perfect and can be learned. Nerdrum changes faces, plays with tone, brushwork, color, landscape, fantasy, realism… he’s got everything.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
But robkiefer12 is …
But robkiefer12 is right in one regard, not to u idt, but most people are blind when it comes to art or visual things. Collins is way to challenging for most to look at, or even Lipking, Sargent, Velasquez (who are looser) and people read it as “ohh that looks JUST! like a photograph” AS if that was ever the purpose, its the subtle notes that make these artists great, and good painters like myself can tell they’re not from photos, because they have emulated life, not imitated an imitation.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
I agree with you …
I agree with you rubenstein, and I am one all for collins as well. Much of this comes down to personal taste. We can’t say collins lacks originality, for his paintings don’t look like photographs, they have a naturalistic sensitivity, however they are probably tighter and more exclusive to reg viewers than most anything out there, other than photorealism, which should really be on imo.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Thoughtful…as …
Thoughtful…as much as I do love painting of a realist nature…I have to agree with “rubenstein418″ some realists are stiff and way too formal. It is fine that they paint wonderfully…..”real art…realist or not…has to be indicative of the world we live in …” like or not….they are consummate technicians…but not visionary artists. True vision…is reactionary and exemplary. What do we feel is more important that what do we see. All we are left with is sensation and memory.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
beautiful and …
beautiful and instructive
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
that was my …
that was my point.representational art cannot be lumped.but he is definetly a tight painter.his drawings are bargue drawings.even leonardo has spontaneity with accuracey.don’t get me wrong he is very good.i do like his work(i was much too harsh),but he’s not better than any of the artists on display.he paints with a learned process (looks like form painting).artists should be capable of working in choas,naturaly,without too much caution.look at nerdrum,he’s a painter’s painter.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Wrong on all counts …
Wrong on all counts. Some people are so insensate that they lump all representational painting into a photomechanical exercise… they happen to be the same people who lack any sensitivity to beauty. You don’t see it because you’re blind.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
bullshit.absolutely …
bullshit.absolutely no intuition in his technique/process, nor is there any creativity or origanility in his subject matter/how it’s presented.yea, he paint realistically, but illusion is not everything and a lot of artists could have taken that road.representational is fine, but at least interpret sensation without having a stick up your ass.look at his drawings. he’s good at following the rules, he’s put in the work,but he lacks anything that I would constitute as individuality/inspirational.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Jacob Collins is …
Jacob Collins is better than any of these on display. Knowlege, Vision and Ability are returning to Art… at long last.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Really intersting.. …
Really intersting… Thanks for posting