HUNTER COLLEGE ART GALLERIES
PRESENT
SEEING RED: International Exhibition of Nonobjective Painting
The history of abstract and nonobjective art in the 20th
century is in many ways related to the evolution of color theoretical
ideas. Yet, these two disciplines are not often studied in parallel, as
the relation between art and science has not always been in the
forefront for those studying art. Now, with the increasing
standardization of color display in digitized media and a new
understanding of color offered by cognitive and physiological science,
color theory and its application in nonobjective painting have drawn
new attention. This association works both ways - the influence of art
on science is also an essential facet of new developments in color
concepts.
Much of this evolution can be seen in the interactions between
American and German artists and theoreticians. Americans were strongly
influenced by the teachings of German émigré artists
Josef Albers and Hans Hofmann as well as by the influx of German
gestalt psychologists. Abroad, nonobjective art has been seen as
particularly American and has been well received in Europe, especially
in Germany. Over the last fifty years, an active and continuous
engagement with nonobjective art has created its own tradition. The
Exhibition Seeing Red will investigate the history of these
relationships and reflect the new developments in color theory and
nonobjective painting in Europe and the US. By focusing on the
approaches to the color red, the intent of this exhibition is to
establish a constant against which varying conceptions of nonobjective
painting can be discussed and compared.
SEEING RED: International Exhibition of Nonobjective Painting
The exhibition is co-curated by Dr. Michael Fehr, Karl Ernst
Osthaus-Museum Hagen, Germany, and Hunter College Art Department
Faculty member Gabriele Evertz.
The exhibition is presented in three parts:
January 30 - May 3, 2003
Seeing Red Part I: Pioneers of Nonobjective Painting
The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery presents works by Josef
Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Hans Hofmann,
Ralph Humphrey, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Richard
Pousette-Dart, Ray Parker, Tony Smith, Julian Stanczak, Esteban
Vicente, and Jack Youngerman.
Pioneers of Nonobjective Painting will be presented at the
Hunter College/Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art
Gallery, Hunter College West Building, SW corner of 68th Street and
Lexington Avenue. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 1-6 p.m. There will be an
opening reception on Thursday, January 30, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
March 12 - April 26, 2003
Seeing Red Part II: Contemporary Nonobjective Painting
The Hunter College/Times Square Gallery presents a collection
of works that explore an overview of nonobjective painting of the last
decade performed by European and American artists. On view are about
160 paintings by artists such as Marc Angeli (B), Bernard Aubertin (F),
Stephan Baumkötter (G), Thomas Bechinger (G), Engelbert Becker
(G), Lutz Becker (G), Stephan Bordarier (F), Joel Carriero (US),
Sotirakis Charalambou (GB), David Frederic Clarkson (CAN), Christiane
Conrad (G), Steve Davis (US), Claudia Desgranges (G), Helmut
Dirnaichner (G), Andras Gal (HU), Rupprecht Geiger (G), Max Gimblett,
(US), Raimund Girke (G), Kuno Gonschior (G), Monika Guenter (G), Tinka
von Hasselbach (G), Rosa M. Hessling (G), Edgar Hofschen (G), Gottfried
Honegger (CH), Dorothee Joachim (G), Reimer Jochims (G), Jus Juchtmans
(B), James Jusczcyk (US), Raymund Kaiser (G), Hartwig Kompa (G), Maria
Lalic (GB), Vincent Longo (US), Joseph Marioni (US), A. Paola Neuman
(G), Doug Ohlson (US), Sybille Pattscheck (G), Bruce Pearson (US),
Gregory Peck (HU), Otto Piene (G), Thomas Pihl (NOR), Michael Roegler
(G), Rolf Rose (G), Robert Sagerman (US), Karin Sander (G), Gabriele
Schade-Hasenberg (G), Andrea Schomburg (G), Arne Schreiber (G), Emil
Schumacher (G), Seán Shanahan (IR), Phil Sims (US), Clinton
Storm (US), Robert Swain (US), Frederic Matys Thursz (US), Peter
Tollens (G), Dieter Villinger (G), Rudolf Vombek (G), herman de vries
(NL), Mac Wells (US), Icke Winzer (G), Sanford Wurmfeld (US).
This exhibition includes an investigation of red pigments as
well as an overview of color systems.
The exhibition will be shown at the Hunter College/Times
Square Gallery, 450 West 41st Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues
at Dyer Street). Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 p.m. There will be an
opening reception on Wednesday, March 12, from 6-8 p.m.
March 14 - 15, 2003
Part III: Symposium
The exhibition will be accompanied by a two-day symposium Color as
Experience: On Contemporary Nonobjective Painting and Color
Theory, organized by the Hunter College Art Department in
collaboration with the Goethe Institute New York. This
conference is to
establish a scholarly as well as public discourse on color theories and
on color in nonobjective painting, supplying a theoretical background
for the exhibition.
Keynote speaker will be noted author and Art Historian John Gage
(Cambridge).
It will take place at the Goethe Institute New York on March 14-15,
2003.
Supporters
In addition to the support of the Hunter College Art
Department and Galleries and The Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum Hagen, this
project has been funded in part by generous contributions from:
Stiftung Kunst & Kultur of the State North-Rhine-Westfalia,
Duesseldorf, Auswaertiges Amt, Berlin, The Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum
Hagen, private sponsors and The Friends of the Hunter College Art
Galleries.
All contributions to the exhibition and symposium are documented in the
book:
Michael Fehr/Sanford Wurmfeld (Editors): Seeing Red. On Nonobjective Painting and
Color Theory, Salon Verlag, Cologne 2004. ISBN 3-89770-194-4.
In the USA and Japan distributed by
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Price: 30 € / 35 $
The book includes texts by:
Tracy L. Adler, William C. Agee, Christoph von Campenhausen, Tina
Dickey, Gabriele Evertz, Michael Fehr, John Gage, James Gordon, Klaus
Honnef, Frederick A. Horowitz, Georges Roque, Robert Swain, Sanford
Wurmfeld
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