Ron Gorchov 1930-2020
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Biography
Born in 1930 in Chicago, Ron Gorchov studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago before earning his BFA at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1951. Tibor de Nagy Gallery gave the artist his first solo exhibition in 1960, and after a brief hiaitus from the art world, Gorchov completed his first “saddle” paintings in 1967, the artist's signature curved canvases that he would pursue in countless variations for the next fifty years. His work was selected for the 1975 and 1977 Whitney Biennials, and went on to be included in multiple exhibitions at the the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the New Museum.
Ron Gorchov’s work has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at Cheim & Read, New York (2019); Modern Art, London (2019); Maruani Mercier, Brussels (2019); Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (2018); Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz (2016); Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (2014); Centro Atlántico de Arte Modern, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2011); and MoMA PS1, New York (2006). Gorchov’s paintings are held by major museum collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse; Milwaukee Art Museum; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. He died in New York in 2020.
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Works
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Exhibitions
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Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
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Art Basel Miami Beach
29 Nov - 3 Dec 2022Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 with a presentation of works by Donald Baechler, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Ron...Read more -
Ron Gorchov
Watercolors 1968 – 1980 29 Sep - 14 Jan 2022Cheim & Read is pleased to present Ron Gorchov: Watercolors 1968 - 1980, an exhibition of intimate, revelatory works by one of the most influential painters of the past half-century....Read more -
Ron Gorchov
Independent 20th Century 8 - 11 Sep 2022“To me there is no past or present in art,” Pablo Picasso famously declared in 1923. “If a work of art cannot live always in the present it must not...Read more -
Art Basel
14 - 19 Jun 2022Cheim & Read is delighted to participate in the 2022 edition of Art Basel with a presentation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Ron Gorchov, Bill Jensen, Joan Mitchell,...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
30 Nov - 14 Feb 2021Cheim & Read is delighted to particiapte in this year's Art Basel Miami Beach with a presenation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, William Eggleston, Ron Gorchov, Al Held,...Read more -
Ron Gorchov
The Last Paintings 2017-2020 14 Sep - 18 Dec 2021Ron Gorchov: The Last Paintings 2017–2020 547 West 25 Street New York, NY 10001 September 14 - December 18, 2021 Cheim & Read is pleased to announce Ron Gorchov: The...Read more -
At Dawn
10 Sep - 3 Oct 2020Not knowing when the Dawn will come, I open every Door, Or has it Feathers, like a Bird, Or Billows, like a Shore — - Emily Dickinson Cheim & Read...Read more -
In Honor of the New MoMA
21 Nov 2019 - 20 Feb 2020In October 2019, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, reopened its doors after a significant renovation that included a complete overhaul to the presentation of its permanent collection. In...Read more -
Ron Gorchov
At the cusp of the 80s, paintings 1979–1983 26 Sep - 16 Nov 2019Cheim & Read is pleased to announce the inaugural exhibition of its new East 67th Street location, Ron Gorchov: at the cusp of the 80s, paintings 1979–1983. It will open...Read more -
Art Basel
13 - 16 Jun 2019Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2019 edition of Art Basel with a presentation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Ron Gorchov, Hans Hartung, Jonathan Lasker,...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
6 - 9 Dec 2018Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2018 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presentation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Ron Gorchov, Al Held,...Read more -
Frieze New York
3 - 6 May 2018A focus of our presentation will be a new suite of drawings by Tal R entitled : a ship called New York. The drawings in the new suite, executed in...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
7 - 10 Dec 2017Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2017 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Adam Fuss,...Read more -
Art Basel
15 - 18 Jun 2017Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2017 edition of Art Basel with a presenation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Ron Gorchov, Al Held,...Read more -
Ron Gorchov
16 Feb - 25 Mar 2017Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Ron Gorchov, which will open on February 16, 2017, and run through March 25. With this exhibition,...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
1 - 4 Dec 2016Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2016 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presenation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois,...Read more -
Art Basel
16 - 19 Jun 2016Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2016 edition of Art Basel with a presentation of works by Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Ron Gorchov,...Read more -
Frieze New York
5 - 8 May 2016Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Adam Fuss, Ron...Read more -
Ron Gorchov
ADAA: The Art Show 1 - 6 Mar 2016For the ADAA’s The Art Show, Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of new, multi-paneled, “stacked” paintings by Ron Gorchov. Gorchov (b. 1930) has been steadily creating...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
3 - 6 Dec 2015Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2015 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presenation of works by Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, William Eggleston,...Read more -
Frieze London
14 - 17 Oct 2015Cheim & Read is pleased to particiapte in Frieze London with a presentation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Ron Gorchov, Jenny Holzer, Bill Jensen, Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel,...Read more -
Frieze New York
14 - 17 May 2015Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2015 edition of Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
4 - 7 Dec 2014Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2014 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman,...Read more -
Art Basel
19 - 22 Jun 2014Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2014 edition of Art Basel with a presentation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Ron Gorchov, Jenny Holzer, Joan Mitchell,...Read more -
Ron Gorchov
29 Mar - 28 Apr 2012Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings by Ron Gorchov, curated by Phong Bui. Born in Chicago in 1930, Ron Gorchov has lived and worked...Read more
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Publications
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News
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Ron Gorchov: Watercolors 1968-1980
Cheim & Read November 1, 2022 Read more -
What To See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now
November 10, 2021 Read more -
Ron Gorchov, Painter Who Challenged Viewers' Perceptions, Dies at 90
September 9, 2020 Read more -
Ron Gorchov: At the cusp of the 80s, paintings 1979–1983
November 1, 2019 Read more -
Ron Gorchov: at the cusp of the 80s, paintings 1979–1983
Cheim & Read October 28, 2019 Read more -
Ron Gorchov: At the cusp of the 80s, paintings 1979–1983
Cheim & Read October 7, 2019 Read more -
Ron Gorchov's Guardians
March 11, 2017 Read more -
Ron Gorchov with Nathlie Provosty
April 2, 2014 Read more -
Ron Gorchov
Cheim & Read June 1, 2012 Read more -
Ron Gorchov with Robert Storr and Phong Bui
September 1, 2006 Read more -
Ron Gorchov: Double Trouble
PS1 Contemporary Art Center June 29, 2006 Read more -
Ron Gorchov
Vito Schnabel Gallery June 10, 2005 Read more
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