#gottlieb
In 1972, Thomas Hess said of #AdolphGottlieb,
“He has the option to dare greatly, and Gottlieb’s art has been daring - experimental in the best sense of the word - for over twenty years.”
Here we take a #lookback to the 2008 #Gottlieb show at @pacegallery “Paintings from Four Decades.” The #exhibitionfeatured#paintings by the #artist from the 1940s, ‘50s, '60s, and '70s.
Seen here, from left to right:
“Black on White,“ 1967, 60 x 72”, oil on linen
“Chromatic Game,” 1951, 48 x 36”, oil on canvas
“Expanding,” 1962, 90 x 72”, oil on canvas
“Inscription,” 1954, 50 x 40”, oil on canvas
“Plus,” 1950, 36 x 40”, oil and enamel on linen
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From the archive: A reproduction of the original invitation for the solo exhibition “Adolph Gottlieb” at Howard Putzel’s Gallery 67 In 1945 (top), featuring an introduction by Jon Stroup, which reads:
“The hieroglyphic arrangement of Adolph Gottlieb’s images so ostensibly invites intellectual interpretation that it seems pertinent to issue the following warning: although the intellect plays an important part in the aesthetic appreciation of the pictograph, it will seriously mislead the spectator if relied on exclusively; the symbolism is too personal. The assimilation of the images is more than a process of addition, and their whole content is experienced only when it has penetrated the subconscious. Insofar as one can speak of a final analysis the pictograph is mysterious, enigmatic, profoundly so when most fully experienced."
Image below: Nocturne 1945, oil on canvas, 26 x 34” (checklist #25).
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In a 1963 letter to Martin Friedman, Samuel Kootz discusses Adolph Gottlieb’s painting “Frozen Sounds,” (1951) which was exhibited at Kootz Gallery in 1952. The work is now on view as part of the exhibition “Dealer’s Choice: The Samuel Kootz Gallery 1945-1966” at the Fralin Museum of Art in Virginia.
From the letter:
“When Gottlieb made the first picture that was his exit from the pictograph–the painting called ‘Frozen Sounds’– I purchased the picture for my own collection (and made a gift of it to the Whitney Museum several years ago.) I was so impressed with 'Frozen Sounds’ that I gave it back to Gottlieb, and suggested to him that he build an entire show around this theme. Out of it came the Imaginary Landscapes, one of the best shows that Gottlieb has ever done, and out of which came his present 'Blast’ paintings. In these, you immediately see Gottlieb’s new feeling for color and his freedom in the use of it, thus at last bearing out my feeling that it was inevitable."
"Frozen Sounds”
1951
Oil on canvas
36 x 48"
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Adolph Gottlieb
Untitled
1973
Monotype in ink on paper
16 x 12”
“A Painter’s Hand: The Monotypes of Adolph Gottlieb” opens October 6th at the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama. @mobilemuseumofart
Click here for more information.
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Adolph Gottlieb
“Edge”
1972
60 x 48”
Now on view through 1/21/18 at the @honolulumuseum as part of the exhibition, “Abstract Expressionism: Looking East from the Far West.”
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Opening today:
The exhibition “10 Americans After Paul Klee” at Zentrum Paul Klee.
Pictured:
Adolph Gottlieb
“The Seer”
1950
60 x 72"
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“As for the future, by the time our work is accepted by the general public, there will arise new artists, seeking new art forms, who will deny our work in order to be free to express themselves.”
— Adolph Gottlieb
Excerpted from notes for a talk, c. 1950.
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Adolph Gottlieb
Tilted Wall
1968
23 x 29 x 23 “
Painted aluminum
On view from now until September 16th 2018, at the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern in Valencia, Spain, as a part of the “THE ABSTRACTION ECLOSION. Line and color in the IVAM collection” exhibition.
CulturPlaza reviews the exhibition here.
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Watch Sanford Hirsch, Executive Director of the Gottlieb Foundation, read from the archive Gottlieb’s speech titled “Unintelligibility,“ at the Dedalus Foundation’s "1,000 Words: Readings from Independent Artists’ Archives."
The speech was originally delivered at the Museum of Modern Art in 1948 as a part of the forum, “The Modern Artist Speaks.”
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PINBALL
I still love pinball in all of it’s forms - virtual and real - even after all of the hyper-realistic video games I’ve played. The imagination and talent that went into the design and mechanics of these machines keeps me coming back for more. Always fun and a challenge to do better next time. I’m a huge fan of Pinball Arcade for Android and many other platforms (www.pinballarcade.com). They make exact recreations of most of my favorite machines. Lots of fun when I can’t get out to find the increasingly hard to find real tables. Another great place to get a pinball fix is VPForums (www.vpforums.org). Sign up and you can download free software and PB table recreations. And with the Future Pinball software (highly recommended - also free) you can run and modify these virtual tables or even code your own from scratch. Gottlieb’s Haunted House is one of my favorites. I wish i could own one of these (or even several others as well) but they are becoming very scarce and expensive ~$4000-5000 and up. Very collectable.
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