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September 14, 2005, Philadelphia, PA—An exhibition of new
works by Jennifer Bartlett, Binary Images: Shaped Canvases and
Plate Paintings, will be on view at Locks Gallery from October
1 through November 12, 2005. The opening reception will be held
on Friday, October 7th from 5:30–7:30 pm. Admission is free
and open to the public.
This series of paintings will be shown for the first time at the
Locks Gallery exhibition. The show consists of 11 diptychs: 6 pairs
of oil paintings on polygonal-shaped canvases and 5 pairs of painted,
baked enamel steel plates. Bartlett's use of the grid is revisited
here with complex dotting and webbing of colors that simultaneously
unifies and repels the components of the diptych—creating
a lively tension within each piece. As in the past, these new paintings
by Bartlett represent a delicate balance between the conceptual
and sensory, between stability and unrest.
Bartlett graduated from Yale University with an M.F.A. in painting
in 1965. Bartlett's first major exhibition, a single but monumental
piece, Rhapsody (1976) astounded critics with its encyclopedic demonstration
of painting as a subject. She has continued a diligent and unabashed
approach to the act of painting that is both systematic and intuitive
in origin.
In an article that will appear in the Fall 2005 issue of BOMB Magazine,
Bartlett is interviewed by long-time friend and colleague, Elizabeth
Murray, and she describes, for the first time in her own words,
the derivation of her steel plate paintings and the conception of
Rhapsody (1976), as well as her recent series of diptychs. The interview
is also excerpted in a new publication that accompanies the Locks
Gallery exhibition.
In the Fall of 2006, The Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover,
Massachusetts will host a Jennifer Bartlett retrospective of her
plate paintings from 1970–77.
Locks Gallery is located at 600 Washington Square South in Philadelphia,
PA. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm. For
additional information, please contact Locks Gallery at 215.629.1000
voice 215.629.3868 fax, or info@locksgallery.com.
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