Jack Tworkov “Mark and Grid, 1931-1982”
Alexander Gray Associates
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Jack Tworkov: Mark and Grid, 1931-1982 marks the debut of the Gallery’s representation of the Jack Tworkov Estate. The exhibition will emphasize Tworkov’s stance against the heroic male archetype of Abstract- Expressionism. The presentation will include 10 paintings and works on paper representing the artist’s forty-year artistic development. Tworkov’s stylistic changes of transitioning from the immediacy of the expressionist gesture to the more conceptual form of the grid.
A pivotal figure in the development of Abstract Expressionism, Tworkov was also one of the first to question the movement’s commodification, cult of personality, and absorption into academia. In 1965, his painting style shifted radically, as he moved away from overtly gestural Abstract Expressionism to controlled diagrammatic abstraction. Taking an interest in elementary geometry, he turned to the rectangle and its potential measurements as the basis of pictorial composition.
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from September 03, 2015 to October 24, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-09-08 from 18:00 to 20:00