Gerald Wolfe

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Résumé:

EDUCATION

University of Maryland, B.A.

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

School of Visual Arts, New York, B.F.A.

 

SELECTED ONE PERSON SHOWS

2012          Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY

2008          Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY

2005          Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY

1996          New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

1995          OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY

1990          Paterson Museum, New Jersey

1989          OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY

1987          OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY

1986          Mission Gallery, New York, NY

1986          Edward Williams Gallery, Farleigh Dickinson University, NJ

1985          Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, NJ

1985          Chicago Books, New York, NY

1985          Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1984          Windows on White, New York, NY

1981          55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York, NY

 

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2020          Artist’s of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

2019          En Masse 2019, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2019          Suspended Universe, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY

2019          Art From the Boros VII, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York,   NY

2019          Edge of Abstraction, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY

2019          Faculty and Friends, Columbia-Greene Community College, NY

2019          Infinite Rhizome, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY

2019          Intersections, Five Points Center for Visual Arts, Torrington, CT

2018          En Masse 2018, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2018          Artist’s of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, SUNY Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY

2017          Past As Prologue, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY

2017          Artist’s of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

2017          En Masse 2017, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2016          Artist’s of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY

2016          En Masse III, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2016          Abstraction I, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT

2015          En Masse II, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2014          Sequential Abstraction, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY

2014          En Masse, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2012          Friend of a Friend, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2012          Abstract & Concrete, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY

2008          Scott Sherk / Gerald Wolfe, Kim Foster Gallery, NY

2006          Menagerie, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City, NY

2005          Scott Sherk: Steel Solitudes / Gerald Wolfe: New Paintings, Kim Foster Gallery, NY

2005          Collectors Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2004          Peek-a-boo, Deja vu, Kim Foster Gallery, NY

2003          New York Collection 2003, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2003          Marymount College Art Gallery, New York, NY

2003          Selections from the Collection, Kim Foster Gallery, NY

2002          In the Groove, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY

2002          An Hors D’oeuvre, Kim Foster Gallery, NY

2001          Black and White, Kim Foster Gallery, NY

1999          Small Abstractions, Kim Foster Gallery, NY

1997          Contemporary Fresco Painting, The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, NY

1996          Recent Paintings and Sculpture, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY

1993          Blur, Remission Gallery, New York, NY

1992          Salon Show, Art in General, New York, NY

1992          The other Landscape, 148 Duane St., New York, NY

1992          Painting: New Jersey, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, NJ

1988          Words, Paterson Museum, NJ

1987          Bigger and Defer, Mission East Gallery, New York, NY

1987          The New Season, Neo Persona Gallery, New York, NY

1987          Paranoid Delusions, P.A.C.A. Gallery, New York, NY

1987          Super-Ego Show, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1986          The Non-Furniture Furniture Review, No Se No Gallery, New York, NY

1986          Objects, Sensory Evolution, New York, NY

1986          The Micro Show, EV Gallery, New York, NY

1986          Unaffiliated IV, Hillwood Art Gallery, C. W. Post College, Long Island University, NY

1986          The All-Natural Disaster Show, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY

1984          Souvenirs, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, NJ

1982          Invitational, 55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York, NY

1982          Group Show, Judy Caden Gallery, New York, NY

1981          Spacescapes, Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY

1981          Season’s Greetings, Erickson Gallery, New York, NY

1980          Group Show, 626 Broadway, New York, NY

1979          Summer Invitational, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY

1978-79     Post-Card Size Art, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey

The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

 

SELECTED BIOGRAPHY 

“Those Who Can, Do…and Teach,” Sunday Star Ledger, by Eileen Watkins, Newark, New Jersey 12/2/84

“Six Solo Shows at University,” Richmond News Letter, by Ray Proctor, Richmond, Virginia 2/23/85

“Welcome to Leisure World,” Paterson News, by Peter Spink, Paterson, New Jersey 11/29/85

“Artist Makes Hash of It but Succeeds,” The Record, by Charles Innes, Northern New Jersey 12/9/85

“Unaffiliated IV,” Exhibition Catalog, Hillwood Art Gallery, C. W. Post College 6/86

 

Statement:

The visual elements of Islamic Art, Greek and Roman museum displays, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend have been an ongoing influence in my work. To a varying degree, the imagery of my work combines the patchwork aspects of quilt making, the fragmentary nature of Greek and Roman artifacts, and the fluid, interwoven nature of Islamic script.

The use of untraditional materials has always been a key element for me. Most recently, my paintings have a “built” quality. I would begin each piece by applying inexpensive cotton drop cloths to panels of wood. The porous quality and imperfections of the drop cloth is what draws me to this material. As each piece begins to evolve, cutting, patching, scraping, drawing and painting takes place. In many cases, much of the drop cloth becomes obscured, but the rough quality of the material is always evident. As I am working, I add panels of wood, therefore, changing the original shape of the piece. The piece becomes a puzzle that I’m trying to solve. In the most recent pieces, I have also incorporated spray paint. The spray paint adds a spontaneous quality, as well as, another dimension and “weight” to each piece. it helps create the illusion of shadows and depth, something that I strive to attain. Over the years, I have also worked with spackle, concrete, house paint, primer, and fiberglass window screen.

I approach my paintings in an intuitive way. This instills an energy in each piece, while making objects that have a three-dimensional, architectural feel. The final statement of each piece is realized when the interplay of lines and shapes create a tension between flatness and depth.

 

I also work intuitively when doing my wall sculptures. I have used cardboard tubes, wood, plaster, wood filler, and latex primer in these pieces. In the first few of my recent sculptures, I used wood lath that was taken from old plaster walls. When making these wall pieces, I tried to retain the character of the old wood throughout the process. In the latest sculptures, I have been primarily using plaster and wood. In these pieces, I make very simply-shaped objects while incorporating an element of drawing. I want these pieces to feel as if they are a fragment of history, that they are more than what you see. In these, I feel the object is complete when there is a simplicity and balance realized through shadows, line and depth.