Philip Pearlstein “Just the Facts, 50 Years of Looking and Drawing and Painting”
The New York Studio School
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The New York Studio School Gallery presents Philip Pearlstein—Just the Facts: 50 Years of Looking and Drawing and Painting, curated by Robert Storr. The works in this exhibition span 50 years of Pearlstein’s studio practice, beginning with works on paper from 1943, completed during his years as an enlisted soldier, to his newest drawings and paintings. On view are 47 works on paper, many of which have never been shown, and two major paintings, Standing Male, Sitting Female Nudes, from 1969, and his most recently completed painting, Two Models with Swan Decoy and Carved Garuda Figure, 2013. The works on paper include a wide array of media: watercolor, charcoal, wash, ink and pencil, ranging in scale from small (9 x 12 inches) to large (30 x 44 inches). This exhibition represents the largest concentration of Pearlstein drawings ever shown.
The importance of Pearlstein’s drawing and painting, and the uniqueness of his perceptual approach, are best described by the curator, Robert Storr:
“In the Screen Age everybody has become adept at scanning images and keyboarding information, but the discipline of direct observation, and the art of describing are another matter altogether. Philip Pearlstein is a master of both. He is also dead pan witty and conceptually rigorous in ways that it is all too easy to miss if one glosses over his paintings and drawings by viewing them as examples of “realism.” They are examples of nothing in general, least of all a stylistic category. Rather they are pictures of what it takes to look, draw and paint, and objective demonstrations of the kind of uncanny subjectivity required by those three inherently unpredictable activities.”
A discussion of Philip Pearlstein’s work is scheduled Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at 6:30 pm at the New York Studio School. Panelists for the discussion, On the Strangeness of What the Eye Sees and How it Sees, are Byron Kim, Irving Sandler and Robert Storr. The panel discussion, a part of the Studio School’s ongoing Evening Lecture Series program, is free and open to the public.
[Image: Philip Pearlstein “Study for Aquatint and Line Etching, Nude on Settee” Wash on paper, 40 ¾” x 29 ¼”, 1977]
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from January 16, 2014 to February 22, 2014
A discussion of Philip Pearlstein’s work is scheduled Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at 6:30 pm at the New York Studio School. Panelists for the discussion, On the Strangeness of What the Eye Sees and How it Sees, are Byron Kim, Irving Sandler and Robert S
Opening Reception on 2014-01-16 from 18:00 to 20:00