Tony Magar "Buddha sometimes"
Mike Weiss Gallery
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Mike Weiss Gallery announces Buddha sometimes, an exhibition featuring new work by painter/sculptor Tony Magar. Born in London, this visionary pioneer of the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York began by working on the fabrication of steel with mark Di Suvero, a craft that he would continue to develop in the years to come. In the late 1950's, Magar settled in New York where he exhibited alongside the second generation Abstract Expressionists including Jasper Johns, Robert Rauchenberg, Claus Oldenberg and John Chamberlain. Always dynamic, Magar made "burn paintings" in which he ignited the lacquer covering his collages, coming dangerously close to burning more than his studio floor. It wasn't until the 1960's, however, that he found his place with a group of abstract artists. Collectively, they founded Park Place, the first SoHo space to show abstract art with the aim of a continuous exchange of aesthetic ideas and unknowingly, carved their names into the ever growing realm of art history, securing their place in this grand narrative studied all over the world.
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from April 05, 2008 to May 03, 2008