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Small Paintings

1 - 31 July 1998

Small Paintings

Archive exhibition
1 - 31 July 1998
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    SMALL PAINTINGS:
    HAND PAINTED PICTURES by Ingo Meller   Louise Fishman   Juan Uslé   Richmond Burton  Joan Mitchell   Mary Heilmann   Bill Jensen   Jack Pierson  Dona Nelson   Eva Hesse   Philippe Richard   Lynda Benglis

    From July 1st to July 31st, 1998 the Cheim & Read Gallery will present SMALL PAINTINGS: Hand Painted Pictures.  The artists in this exhibition are connected by their commitment to the handmade picture.  Their paintings are characterized by a non-representational, non-ironic, non-narrative, non-sociopolitical position.  The intimacy of these works allows for a notable presence of the hand, and for an unmediated direct gesture.  Their smallness demands close inspection.

    While all the artists here defend the viability of painting, their intentions range from the belief in formal and material beauty as seen in a Mitchell, Meller, Heilmann, Burton, or an Uslé, to the sexual and visceral undercurrents evident in a Pierson, Benglis, Jensen or Hesse. The legitimacy of painting as an autonomous discipline is unquestioned.

    There will be an opening for the exhibition on Wednesday evening, July 1st, 1998 from 6 to 8 pm.  

     

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    • Lynda Benglis

      Lynda Benglis

    • Louise Fishman

      Louise Fishman

    • Bill Jensen

      Bill Jensen

    • Joan Mitchell

      Joan Mitchell

    • Jack Pierson

      Jack Pierson

    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

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