MAX NEUMANN : New Works

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Max Neumann : New Works
BRUCE SILVERSTEIN
535 West 24 Street
New York NY 10011
1 212 627 3930

January 8 through February 21 2015



The strange thing about heads is that the more you leave out, the more intense the expression becomes. In a different way than in portrait painting. It has absolutely nothing to do with that. These figures are just that to me: figures. They’re sexless, they have no special attributes. They are specters, shadows. What’s very important to me is the intensity, the presence. What that does. 
What it does in the painting. 
What it does with the viewer.  –Max Neumann

Untitled, February, 2014   
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
62 15/16 x 47 3/16 in. (160 x 120 cm)

Untitled, August, 2014   
Oil and acrylic on canvas
62 15/16 x 47 3/16 in. (160 x 120 cm)

Untitled, August, 2014    
Oil and acrylic on canvas
39 5/16 x 31 7/16 in. (99.8 x 79.8 cm)

Untitled, July, 2014   
Oil and acrylic on canvas
62 15/16 x 47 3/16 in. (160 x 120 cm)

Untitled, July, 2014   
Oil and acrylic on canvas
62 15/16 x 47 3/16 in. (160 x 120 cm)

this is one of those exhibits that you must visit because of the relationships between space and scale, light and shadow.My first thoughts about the exhibitions were of, A.Giacometti the Easter islands statues and a still from Fritz Lang's Metropolis.I decided this year not to critique but to post art that I would want to own. These would definitely be part of my imaginary museum. Maybe one image in one room alone.

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MARIE CONSINDAS : ARRANGEMENTS

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ARRANGEMENTS : Marie Considas
BRUCE SILVERSTEIN
535 W 24th Street
New York, NY10011

Galleries publish catalogs in support of the exhibition they create. Bruce Silverstein open his first show of the year with a jewel display of Marie Considas.

Mask Boston 1966

Ranunculus Los Angeles ca.1960

Princess with Doves 1966

Andy Warhol  NYC 1966

Sailors Key West 1966

The image of an arrangement of masks by Marie Consindas has always been one of my favorite color photographs it reminds me of Ensor. Imagine my delight at being able to see it once again at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York

Arrangements is Cosindas' term for her richly layered assemblages created primarily in her Boston studio, and in later years, around the world, from found or borrowed objects—fabrics, flowers, figurines, jewelry, perfume bottles, tarot cards and other such treasures which came to define her signature style. Often pyramidal in structure, the artist's baroque compositions are filled with an old world style of excess delightfully bordering on kitsch. Cosindas prefers the term Arrangement to “still life” for this body of work, as she wishes to highlight the very active role she played in the construction of these images as well as the intense engagement required from the viewer in order to absorb their varied textures, patterns, colors and minute details. For Cosindas, the resulting image and viewing experience is anything but still.

Encouraged by Ansel Adams to pursue color photography, Marie Cosindas developed an unique style and perspective that could only have emerged through the use of color film. Her masterful still lifes and studio portraits draw attention to the artist's interest and background in painting and textile design, and reveal her marked attention to visual detail.

Cosindas was one of the first photographers to experiment with Polacolor film, and her work served to futher develop and advance this technology. Working with 4 x 5, 8 x 10, 20 x 24 and even 40 x 80 inch Polacolor film, Cosindas varied exposure and development conditions to achieve the desired tonality and saturation for her images.

The gallery published a catalog ARRANGEMENTS BY Marie Consindas with an essay by Lisa Hostetler which was originally published in the Winter 2013 issue of Aperture magazine.
The exhibition close March 8th.

In New York : Go and See

Sleeping Muse  1912c

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Brancusi : The Photographs
April 26 - June 28 2912
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
535 West 24th Street
New York, New York


Occasionally I go out to see art and one of my favorite  stops this past year has been Bruce Silverstein Gallery.There you will find strong showing of contemporary artists.


I go, because Bruce has staged a number of historical exhibitions that are filled with surprises and broader gallery experiences.That idea of conversation with art the one inside.


Past exhibition that were a delight



Keith Smith - Book by Book
Self Reflections: The Expressionist Origins of Lisette Model
Mark Cohen - Lost/Found
Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation - Choice and chance structure art and nature

Still  Life 1933 printed c.1933

View of the Studio: Mademoiselle Pogany II with Flower c.1923 printed c.1923

The Fish c.1924 printed c.1924

Crystallization in a Photographic Fixative Bath c.1930 printed c.1930

View of the Studio c.1933 printed c.1933

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