Estate of Robert Arneson
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| Feb 4 - Feb 27, 1999 | |
Following the January Arneson exhibition, the George Adams Gallery will show Art About Art, a gallery group exhibition featuring paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints that refer to other artists and their art. Besides Arneson's Guardians of the Secret II, Art about Art will include a sly reworking of The Mona Lisa into a self-portrait by Luis Cruz Azaceta, a subversion of DeKooning's Women by Peter Saul, and a shocking transformation of a Magritte's Pipe into three dimensions by Mel Chin. There is also an update of a Van Eyck portrait by Valerio and a Matisse interior by Joan Brown. Lesley Dill is represented by an homage to Frida Kahlo and Jose Bedia by an homage to Wifredo Lam. Several quotations from Bruegel are incorporated into a cityscape by James Barsness, images from Goya's Disasters of War are reinterpreted in oils by Ansel Krut, the parade from a Watteau becomes the central motif in a McGarrell and the composition of Gericault Raft of the Medusa sets up a new painting by Chester Arnold. Also included in the exhibition are Robert Barnes, Jack Beal and William T. Wiley. Exhibition Checklist Clockwise from the right: 1. Jose Bedia Homage to Wifredo Lam, 1998 acrylic on canvas, 8 x 6 feet JOBp 76 2. Ansel Krut Leda and the Swan, 1998 oil on copper, 9 x 11 inches AKp 02 3. Ansel Krut The Flaying of Marsyas, 1998 oil on copper, 9 x 11 inches AKp 06 4. Ansel Krut The Macedonian Women Changed into Birds, 1998 oil on copper, 9 x 11 inches AKp 04 5. Ansel Krut The Mother of Pentheus Wrenches Off His Head, 1998 oil on copper, 9 x 11 inches AKp 01 6. James McGarrell Cythera, 1996 oil on linen 37 x 56 inches 7. Andrew Lenaghan Homage to Chardin, (Fish Head), 1999 oil on panel, 12 x 16 inches 8. Andrew Lenaghan Homage to Chardin, (Hanging Quail), 1999 oil on panel, 20 1/4 x 12 inches 9. Robert Arneson Guardians of the Secret II, 1989-1990 glazed ceramic, wood, plexiglass, steel and mixed medium 96 x 120 x 24 inches, RAs 21 10. Robert Arneson Study for 'Guardians of the Secret II', 1989-90 pencil, charcoal, pastel on paper, 108 x 120 inches RAd 47 11. William T. Wiley NoWheres That Blame Treaty, 1979 soft-ground etching and aquatint, 48 x 39 inches WTWr 1 12. Jack Beal Homage to Millet, 1999 pastel on paper, 25 x 19 1/2 inches JBd 43 13. James Barness The Walled City, 1996 acrylic and pen on paper, mounted on canvas 73 1/4 x 91 1/8 inches, JBARp 10 14. James Valerio ED, 1996 pencil on paper, 21 1/2 x 26 inches JVd 24 15. Luis Cruz Azaceta El Monoliso, 1985 crayon and pencil on paper, 30 x 22 inches LCAd 126 16. Lesley Dill Wire Dress (Homage to Frida Kalho), 1999 wire, thread, cloth, gold-leaf, 54 x 42 inches LDs 103 17. Joan Brown Mary Julia #7, 1976 acrylic, pencil, crayon on paper 36 x 24 1/8 inches, JBRd 31 18. Mel Chin The Elementary Object, 1993 mixed media, 10 x 12 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches MCs 11 19. Chester Arnold The Fate of Durable Goods, 1999 oil on linen,42 x 50 inches CAp 15 20. Robert Barnes Westermainia: Cliff Hanger, 1983 oil on canvas, 36 x 38 inches RBp 17 21. Peter Saul Picasso's 'Girl in a Mirror' I, 1978 acrylic on board, 40 x 30 inches PSd 37 |