Structure and Imagery

Franz Kline (1910-1962) is often pigeonholed as a "black and white" painter. Above is a selection of work by the Ab-Ex master in which color merges with gesture and at times takes center stage.

Jon Currin, Thanksgiving , 2003

Done Paint Done curated by Karl Bielik Featuring work by: Paul Behnke, Karl Bielik, Marcus Cope, Inga Dalrymple, Patrick Galway, Emyun Kang, David Small, Marianne Spurr, Gavin Toyo, Sabine Tress w/ performances by boyleANDshaw and Lark. Opening Reception: Thursday, December 1, 7-11 PM Closing Party: Sunday December 18. The Drawers Gallery 438 Kingsland Road London E8

Auguste Rodin, 1862 Portrait of Young Woman (Rose Beuret), The first bust Rodin did of her when she was twenty-one. Mignon (Rose Beuret), 1869 Rodin at age forty, ca. 1880 Portrait of Rodin by Alphonse Legros, 1881 Thought (Camille Claudel), 1886 The sculptor, Camille Claudel Eternal Springtime, 1884, by Rodin The Fall of an Angel, 1885, by Rodin The Eternal Idol, 1889, by Rodin Rose Beuret, 1890, by Rodin Rose Beuret, 1890, by Rodin Bust of Rodin, 1888, by Camille Claudel The Farewell, 1892, Rodin's last portrait of Camille Claudel Rodin walking with his dogs in Meudon, Val-Fleuri Rodin surrounded by his works in his studio museum. The Monk, by Rodin based on an engraving by Prud'hon Rodin, 1917 Rose Beuret in profile over the years.  Rose Beuret by Henry Tonks Rodin and Rose Beuret (Mme. Auguste Rodin) The bide and groom (Rose Beuret and Rodin) 1917 Daphnis and L...

Aidan Sofia Earle , At Nostrand , 2010, Found objects, mixed media, 50 x 62 inches. Brooklyn College MFA Open Studios Boylan Hall Floors 4,5, and 6 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210 Hours : Friday, November 18, 6 - 10 PM Saturday, November 19, 1 - 6 PM Monday, November 21, 10 AM - 2 PM

Thompson in Ibiza, 1962 (c) the respective photographer/ The Whitney Museum of American Art Ornette , 1960-61, 81 x 77 in. Black Monster , 1959, 57 x 66 in. I got into a groove...where the subject matter was monsters. The whole thing was involved in a sort of poetry and the relationship was like man and woman to nature and beasts. - Bob Thompson Le Poignarder (The Star) , 1959, 50 x 60 in. Thompson in his studio on Rivington Street, NY, ca. 1964 Photo (c) Charles Rotmil 1961(?) in Paris...saw him in Left Bank hotel studio- we talked and turned on, I dug his new candy-bright colored style making Poussin-esque space, flat colors surface amorphism delineating 3-D figures...I thought him the most original visionary painter of his days, a first natural American psychedelic colorist. - Allen Ginsberg After El Greco's Annunciation , 1960, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. Gouache on photo reproduction. Saint George and the Dragon , 1961-62, 89 1/2 x...