B L ACK
THE QUEEN OF COLOR
a group exhibition
Nix. The sky at night. Space. Acheron, the river that separates the land of the living and the dead. A raven perched in a pine. The impenetrability of an unlit cave. Your shadow, walking beside you on a sunny day. Black is freighted with associations, differing among cultures. From death, mourning, witchcraft, and evil, to power and authority, from fertility or secrets, to fashionable elegance. Black was one of the first colors used in art, found in Neolithic cave paintings, the pigment created from charcoal.
Each year, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art brings together a single-color exhibition featuring works of art exploring multiple facets of one color. For 2020, this group show brings together a collection of works in the enigmatic (and achromatic) black. The inspiration for the show comes from artist Max Cole, whose works have, for many years, explored the mysteries of black. As, Cole says: “Black is the royalty of colors being comprised of the completely saturated light from the entire spectrum which contains all colors. It absorbs the spectrum of light rather than reflecting it. As such black exists at the edge of perception and opens the door to the mystery of the unknown. This quality is the portal from what is seen to what is sensed. This is what art is about: Content beyond the literal. In my mind this elegance makes Black the Queen of Colors.�
Black occupies a liminal space in our mind and our vision. It pulls, it opens, it sparks and deepens. In pitch darkness, with no light available for the eye to discern shapes or colors, the mind will create them: images, colors, shapes and movements that bloom and fade in the darkness. Each of the works in Black: the Queen of Color engages the viewer with this color in a different way. Some shine and glint, teasing the viewer into seeing a rainbow of colors within their depths. Some pull at the viewer, seeming to reach out, allowing them to fall into a unknowable depth of dark space.
Rich. Complex. Elegant. Unknowable. Black: the Queen of Color, will entrance viewers with its subtle grace and infinite possibility.
Max Cole, Wolf Trap, 2006, acrylic on linen, 68 x 80 inches
David Simpson, Four Square Series, 1980, acrylic on canvas on wood, 16 x 16 inches
William Metcalf, Normal Formal, 2020, acrylic on shaped Alupanel, 46 x 46 inches
Michael Post, Untitled WVZ 4/92/112 (Big Triangle), 1992, acrylic on aluminum, 54.8 x 65 inches
Joe Barnes, Untitled (Mars Black), 1998, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
Liane Nouri, Black Horizon, 2020, wood, plaster & latex paint, 3.25 x 15.75 x 3.25 inches
Scot Heywood, Stack - Black, Grey, and Linen, 2019, acrylic on linen, canvas, wood, 24.75 x 25.5 inches
Jeremy Thomas, Carbon Grey, 2 -2020, cold rolled steel & powder coat, 16 x 14.5 x 21 inches
Clark Walding, Painting of Black, 2002, oil, alkyd, wax on canvas, 24 x 20 inches
John Beech, Untitled Drawing, 8/5/2012, 2012, mixed media on paper, 30 x 20 inches
Allan Graham, Memento (2), 1989, oil, graphite & wax on linen, 83.5 x 29 x 4 inches
Charles Arnoldi, Untitled, 2020, acrylic on aluminum, 78 x 60 inches
Heiner Thiel, Untitled (WVZ 04/19/690), 2019, anodized aluminum, 25.5 x 20 x 5.1 inches
Tom Waldron, Black Clasp, 2017, painted steel, 15 x 3 x 8 inches
Paul Sarkisian, Untitled (white mark/black/vertical 3), 1994, resin epoxy on wood, 144 x 144 inches
Constance DeJong, Golden I, 1991, copper, wood, 22 x 36 x 6 inches
Hadi Tabatabai, Thread Painting 2020-1, 2020, thread, acrylic paint, and aluminum on Dibond panel, 24.125 x 21.625 x 1.125 inches
Joan Watts, Circle 4, 2019, oil on wood, 24 inch diameter
Antoine Predock, Venice, June 1985, India ink on paper, 9.5 x 12.75 inches
Robert Sagerman, 10, 102, 2015, oil on canvas, 39 x 35 inches
James Drake, Tongue-Cut Sparrows X, 2018, charcoal on paper, 71 x 52 inches
Robert Kelly, Palo Quemados III, 2016, oil/mixed media on canvas, 80 x 64 inches
Natalie Arnoldi, Untitled, 2019, gouache on paper, 10.25 x 7 inches
Pard Morrison, Grace, 2020, gesso, graphite, molding paste, acrylic, Belgium linen, over wood panel, 10 x 10 x 1.5 inches
Michael Rouillard, Untitled, 2019, ballpoint pen on tape on aluminum, 30 x 3.88 inches
Keira Kotler, Untitled 12 [Radiance], 2015, pigment print, 15 x 20 inches
Alfonso Fratteggiani Bianchi, 013P-e, 2018, pigment on sandstone, 12.6 x 7.1 inches
Max Cole, Greek Cross XXII, 2016, acrylic on linen, 24 x 24 inches
Max Cole Wolf Trap, 2006 acrylic on linen 68 x 80 inches MAXC0010
$95,000
Jeremy Thomas Carbon Grey, 2-2020 cold rolled steel & powder coat 16 x 14.5 x 21 inches JT476
$4,000
David Simpson Four Square Series, 1980 acrylic on canvas on wood 16 x 16 inches DS181
$14,000
Clark Walding Painting of Black, 2002 oil, alkyd, wax on canvas 24 x 20 inches CW009
$3,800
William Metcalf Normal Formal, 2020 acrylic on shaped Alupanel 46 x 46 inches WM550
$8,500
John Beech Untitled Drawing, 8/5/2012 2012, mixed media on paper 30 x 20 inches JB0085
$2,800
Michael Post $10,500 Untitled WVZ 4/92/112 (Big Triangle) 1992, acrylic on aluminum 54.8 x 65 inches MP167
Allan Graham Memento (2), 1989 oil, graphite & wax on linen 83.5 x 29 x 4 inches AG001
$18,000
Joe Barnes Untitled (Mars Black), 1998 acrylic on canvas 12 x 12 inches JBAR0033
$4,000
Charles Arnoldi Untitled, 2020 acrylic on aluminum 78 x 60 inches CA326
$55,000
Liane Nouri Black Horizon, 2020 wood, plaster & latex paint 3.25 x 15.75 x 3.25 inches LN010
$2,000
Heiner Thiel Untitled (WVZ 04/19/690) 2019, anodized aluminum 25.5 x 20 x 5.1 inches HT256
$6,800
Tom Waldron Black Clasp, 2017 painted steel 15 x 3 x 8 inches TW026
$3,600
Scot Heywood $8,500 Stack - Black, Grey, and Linen, 2019, acrylic on linen, canvas, wood 24.75 x 25.5 inches SH007
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Paul Sarkisian $55,000 Untitled (white mark/black/vertical 3) 1994, resin epoxy on wood 144 x 144 inches PSAR022
Robert Kelly Palo Quemados III, 2016 oil/mixed media on canvas 80 x 64 inches RK017
Constance DeJong Golden I, 1991 copper, wood 22 x 36 x 6 inches CD152
Natalie Arnoldi Untitled, 2019 gouache on paper 10.25 x 7 inches NA072
$14,000
$80,000
$950
Hadi Tabatabai Thread Painting, 2020-1, 2020 thread, acrylic paint, and aluminum on Dibond panel 24.125 x 21.625 x 1.125 inches HTAB001
$8,000
Joan Watts Circle 4, 2019 oil on wood 24 inch diameter JW149
$2,800
Michael Rouillard $4,000 Untitled, 2019 ballpoint pen on tape on aluminum 30 x 3.88 inches MR038
Antoine Predock Venice, June 1985 India ink on paper 9.5 x 12.75 inches AP001
$3,500
Keira Kotler Untitled 12 [Radiance], 2015 pigment print 15 x 20 inches KK023
$2,500
Robert Sagerman 10, 102, 2015 oil on canvas 39 x 35 inches RS004
$16,000
Alfonso Fratteggiani Bianchi 013P-e, 2018 pigment on sandstone 12.6 x 7.1 inches AFB088
$5,000
James Drake Tongue-Cut Sparrows X, 2018 charcoal on paper 71 x 52 inches JD020
$32,000
Max Cole Greek Cross XXII, 2016 acrylic on linen 24 x 24 inches MAXC121
Please reference works that interest you.
Pard Morrison $1,800 Grace, 2020 gesso, graphite, molding paste, acrylic, Belgium linen, over wood panel 10 x 10 x 1.5 inches
$12,000
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