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January Issue
2011
Jerald Melberg Gallery Features Works
by Wolf Kahn
Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte,
NC, is presenting the exhibit, Wolf Kahn: The Early Years,
featuring early works dating between 1950-1970 by this distinguished
American landscape painter, on view through Feb. 5, 2011.
This exhibition marks the first time the gallery has been invited
to delve into the artist's archives on such a grand scale. Included
will be over 50 paintings and pastels from this fascinating period.
Kahn's early works reveal strong influences by artists such as
Bonnard, Matisse, Monet, Soutine and Van Gogh. Kahn himself often
cites Hans Hofmann as his most influential mentor and teacher,
incorporating many of Hofmann's principles of chromatic tension
and movement in his own painting. Kahn says, "I've always
been a landscape painter, and I love the tradition of landscape,
with artists like van Ruisdael, Rembrandt and his landscapes,
Poussin, Lorraine. These people painted a landscape that carries
an immense load of pictorial intelligence."
The gallery will publish a 48-page, full-color catalogue with
an essay by John O'Hern to accompany this exhibition. O'Hern writes,
"These paintings from the 50s and 60s, pivotal periods of
his life in Italy and Maine, are the base for the wildly colorful
paintings we admire today and in their (for the most part) monochromatic
essence, unmistakably brim with the energy of the man who said
'Color that has been used successfully does not draw attention
to itself. It makes you discover.'"
For further info check our NC Commercial Gallery listings,
call the gallery at 704/365-3000 or visit (www.jeraldmelberg.com).
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