“Back to the Future, Part II” Exhibition
Life on Mars Gallery
[Image: Amy Sillman "Williamsburg Portraits" set of 32 ink, gouache pencil on paper, 11 x 8 in. each, 1991-92]
This event has ended.
Part II of Back to the Future will focus on some of the painters who were working in Williamsburg in the early 1980s (many of whom were friends): Peter Acheson, Katherine Bradford, Rick Briggs, Bill Jensen, Margrit Lewczuk, Chris Martin, Joyce Pensato, James Siena and Amy Sillman, who are also among the most influential and critically-acclaimed painters working today. They influenced the next two generations of Brooklyn painters, which layed the groundwork for the area to become this nexus, this hotbed - the center and focus for painting in the 21st century, while continuing to attract painters from all over the country and the world.
These painters all had different career trajectories, but their work has constantly developed and continues to evolve, even during decades when painting was not considered relevant in many art-world circles. Their painting practices are built on the authentic and uncompromising love of painting; the life it creates, the process of personal discovery revealed through the work, and the commitment, sacrifice, and discipline required for its practice. This commitment has produced work of great power, beauty and originality, which simultaneously embraces the history of painting and extends its language going forward.
Michael David
February 2015
Media
Schedule
from February 20, 2015 to March 15, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-02-20 from 18:00 to 21:00