February
7, 2007, Philadelphia, PA – An exhibition of recent paintings
by Thomas Chimes will be on view at Locks Gallery from March 2 to
April 14, 2007. There will be an opening reception for the exhibition
on Friday, March 2, 2007 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. A full-color illustrated
catalogue of the exhibition will be available. Gallery admission
is free and open to the public.
The exhibition coincides with Thomas Chimes: Adventures in ‘Pataphysics,
a major retrospective of the artist’s work at the Philadelphia
Museum of Art.
The Locks Gallery exhibition brings together approximately fifty
works by Chimes, none more than six inches square. Many of the works
are grouped in combinations of up to ten small works. Installed
in sequence, the artist compares them to visual poems. Much of the
cartoon-like imagery of the paintings is inspired by the drawings
of Alfred Jarry, who has been a life-long source of inspiration
for the artist. These ethereal and mysterious works also contain
references to entropy, alchemy, and astronomy.
Chimes, who is eighty-five years old, is still at work on this series
of paintings, which Michael Taylor, curator of the Philadelphia
Museum of Art’s retrospective, considers to be “the
summation of his themes and obsessions.”
THOMAS CHIMES: Exhibitions and Events, Spring 2007
Thomas Chimes: The Entropy Paintings
Locks Gallery
March 2–April 14, 2007
Opening Reception:
Friday, March 2, 5:30–7:30pm
Thomas Chimes: Adventures in ‘Pataphysics
Philadelphia Museum of Art
February 27–May 6, 2007
Public Lectures at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Van Pelt Auditorium
Friday, March 9 at 6pm
“Painting and ‘Pataphysics from Max Ernst to Thomas
Chimes”
Michael Taylor, The Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art
Wednesday, April 4 at 11am
“Thomas Chimes in Historical Context”
Donald Kuspit, SUNY Stony Brook
Panel Discussion at New York University
Wednesday, March 7 at 6pm
Jurow Hall at the Silver Center
100 Washington Square East, New York
Thomas Chimes, Artist
Phillip Mitsis, New York University
Barry Schwabsky, Writer and Critic
Michael Taylor, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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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