Exhibitions 2004
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GEORGE GROSZ
New York Drawings October 21 - December 3, 2004 Although the painter, Dadaist, illustrator, social and political satirist George Grosz is best known for depicting Berlin in the 1920's, his imagination was deeply aroused by America. Most of his childhood was spent reading luridly illustrated pulp fiction by Karl May and James Fennimore Cooper. By 1912, Grosz was busy... Read more -
IAN HAMILTON FINLAY
Vessels September 16 - October 15, 2004 Now in his 80th year, Ian Hamilton Finlay continues his garden outside Edinburgh, Little Sparta. This landscape of groves, paths, and ponds is a meditation on the sublime, where form and idea are conjoined. Its purpose is to revive the serene presence and relevance of the classical past, in order... Read more -
GERMAN DRAWINGS OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY
June 10 - July 29, 2004 This exhibition delineates the trajectory of German art during the years following the end of the Second World War until the present. The art and artists that emerged during this critical period are best considered within the context of German history and culture. Germany was divided into East and West,... Read more -
ALBERT OEHLEN
The Good Life April 29 - June 4, 2004 Since the 1970's, Albert Oehlen has examined life through images, both popular and arcane. A disciple of Sigmar Polke, who was aided and abetted by Martin Kippenberger, Oehlen has hammered away at our world and culture, in every imaginable medium. In his first New York exhibition of small-scaled collages, Albert... Read more -
JOE ZUCKER
Drawings 1977-2003 January 7 - February 6, 2004 Since the beginning of his career in the mid-sixties, Joe Zucker has arguably invented more ways to make paintings than anyone else. His device is as simple as it is unorthodox: he proceeds as if canvas does not exist. Instead he paints with cotton balls dipped into paint, hangs paint... Read more
