Arlene Morris, Self Portrait, oil on board, 16″ x 16″ x 2″, 2011
I’d like to invite all my readers who are in the NYC area to visit this group exhibition that includes my work, along with a really diverse selection of fellow artists, contemporaries and some well-known names in 20th Century art. It’s on view this weekend through the first weekend in March, and the opening reception is on Friday the 11th. Now I’m going to copy and paste Figureworks’ official announcement about the show:
Figureworks is pleased to open the new year with over 50 self portraits from its contemporary and 20th century list of artists. Please stop in this weekend (Saturday and Sunday from 1-6PM) for a preview and also join us next Friday for the artist’s reception, when all Williamsburg galleries will stay open late to celebrate in the new year.
FACES OF FIGUREWORKS: SELF PORTRAITS
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Additionally, a number of pieces in this exhibition were created specifically for patrons who commissioned the artist’s portraiture for their collection. This includes the drawings by Red Grooms and Chaim Gross. Others, such as McWillie Chambers and K. Saito, were executed upon request specifically for this exhibition. These types of portraits start from a very different place than those mentioned earlier. The artist, typically just the hand behind the canvas, is asked to now become the subject. Over twenty years ago, Ingrid Capozzoli Flinn had only privately done self portraits. A labor intensive oil painter, this request was very challenging for her as she was forced to spend many hours looking back into the mirror of time.
This exhibition encompasses all of these processes and emotions in a wide range of media from pencil, oil, ink and wood to glass and digital imagery. Artists from different generations and practices are represented. It is also worthy to note the diverse self portraits by couples George & Reina Gillson and William & Marguerite Zorach which reinforces the individuality and personal expression which goes into each work.
Figureworks is located at 168 N. 6th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY11211, one block from the Bedford Avenue “L” train. The gallery is open to the public Saturday and Sunday from 1-6 PM and is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary and 20th century fine art of the human form.
For more information please email harris@figureworks.com, call the gallery at 718-486-7021 or visit us online at www.figureworks.com
Raphael Soyer, Self Portrait, 1975
Artists in this exhibition:
Byron Browne
Ingrid Capozzoli Flinn
McWillie Chambers
Marvin Cherney
George Constant
Howard Eisman
Philip Evergood
Bonnie Faulkner
Ernest Fiene
George Gillson
Reina Gillson
Matthew Greenway
Red Grooms
Chaim Gross
Mimi Gross
Bernard Gussow
Abraham Harriton
Bertram Hartman
Fred Hatt
Joseph Kaplan
Benjamin Kopman
Jack Levine
Elim Mak
Irving Marantz
Herman Maril
Fletcher Martin
Felicia Meyer Marsh
Joachim Marx
Michael Massen
Meridith McNeal
Artem Mirolevich
Arlene Morris
Susan Newmark
Rusel Parish
Robert Andrew Parker
Joachim Probst
Ellen Rand
Phillip Reisman
Audrey Rhoda
K. Saito
Jacquelyn Schiffman
Michael Sorgatz
Raphael Soyer
Moses Soyer
Anthony Toney
Mary Westring
David Yaghjian
Barbara Zanelli
Marguerite Zorach
William Zorach
