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Born: 1947, New Jersey; Education:
The Cooper Union, New York, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1967
Thomas Nozkowski has been described as a “post-minimal
formalist,” by LA Weekly and as “the Chardin of contemporary abstraction,”
by The New Yorker. His painting and composition involve the interplay of biomorphic
and geometric forms, which heave and rock against each other.
All works are coded by number, purposely not titled. The abstract
forms become the center of attention without alluding to the real objects
in the artist’s memory which gave birth to them. Furthermore, for most
viewers, the abstract forms are a two-way bridge back to the viewer’s
memory bank, evoking images, and parts of images or forms stored there. Hard
looking will be rewarded with this artist.
Highly regarded by other professional artists across the country
this mid-career artist has seen his work welcomed in traveling exhibitions
at universities as well as sought after by some of the most important American
museums.
Traditionally Nozkowski has produced work using
a placemat size format, roughly 16 x 20". More recent works have been
produced in larger dimensions. For this exhibition we will be showcasing his
paintings on museum board as well as
his newly published first suite of prints.
Nozkowski has been showing his work since the 1970’s.
Selected
Public Collections
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
The Benton Museum of Art
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
Vassar College Art Museum, Poughkepsie, New York
The Whitney Museum, New York
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