CATHERINE HOWE + DAVID KIMBALL ANDERSON THE AUDACIOUS STILL LIFE
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THE AUDACIOUS STILL LIFE March 10 – April 22, 2017 In The Audacious Still Life, both Catherine Howe and David Kimball Anderson take an adventurous approach in redefining and reinvigorating the classical still life genre. Howe’s focus is primarily the process of painting, applying new materials and methodologies within her work. Anderson’s sculptures integrate the spiritual with the physical world through the assimilation of planetary bodies and found objects with his potted flowers. These two artists not only offer the viewer an immediate beauty but they also provide an entirely audacious perspective on what constitutes still life. Working with unique and contemporary materials to create her alchemical magic, Catherine Howe uses the sensual language of nature as a jumping-off point for her inventiveness and ingenuity. In her Mica paintings, Howe experiments with loose interference mica pigment suspended in acrylic resin as her canvas base, delivering a subtly reflective surface which changes from silver to gold. With a contrasting, matte gesso mixture applied with thick, sweeping, fluid brushstrokes, Howe conjures up bold, swirling floral still lives that shimmer with light, exuberance, and feeling. Juxtaposing the radiance of the Mica paintings, Howe’s Carborundum and Silver works feature flowers and bulbs painted with acrylic, silver metal leaf, and carborundum grit, which seem to shift in frenzied fashion. In the context of art history, these paintings have abstract expressionist tendencies but her gestural work is something completely original and new. Throughout his forty-five year career, David Kimball Anderson’s sculpture has been described as “a contemplation on the meaning of things that give beauty and pleasure.” In his new body of work, Anderson’s life-sized, three-dimensional floral steel and bronze still life sculptures, contained in square or rounded shaped vases, incorporate spheres that are configured to astronomical transits occurring seasonally in the heavens. These constructions, minimalistic in style, reinforce Anderson’s life-long pursuit of merging his spiritual practice with his nature-based artwork. The sculptures concurrently appear delicate and heavy, industrial and fragile. The spheres extend upwards and outward revealing the planetary alignments, suggesting that all is connected. All is one.
CATHERINE HOWE
Amaranth, 2016. Acrylic , interference mica pigment, resin on canvas, 60 x 48 inches.
Owl, 2014. Acrylic , interference mica pigment, resin on canvas, 40 x 30 inches
Tulip, 2014. Acrylic, interference mica pigment, resin on canvas, 40 x 30 inches.
Zig Zag, 2016 Acrylic, interference mica pigment, resin on canvas, 60 x 48 inches
Iris, 2016 Acrylic, interference mica pigment, resin on canvas, 60 x 48 inches
Whistler, 2017 Acrylic, interference mica pigment, resin on canvas, 36 x 60 inches
Slinky, 2017 Acrylic, interference mica pigment, resin on canvas 48 x 60 inches
Petunia, 2015 Acrylic, carborundum grit, encaustic, and metal leaf on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
Cornflowers, 2014 Acrylic, carborundum grit, encaustic, and metal leaf on canvas, 36 x 36 inches.
Cosmos, 2014 Acrylic, carborundum grit, encaustic, and metal leaf on canvas, 40 x 40 inches.
DAVID KIMBALL ANDERSON
La Cienaga Transits, 2017 Bronze, steel, wood, and paint, 40 x 18 x 12 inches.
October Transits, 2017 Bronze, steel, and paint 30 x 18 x 10 inches
Summer, Venus, 2017 Bronze, steel, and paint, 20 x 7 x 6 inches.
Summer Transits, 2017 Bronze, steel, and paint, 22½ x 14 x 6 inches.
(L to R) Summer Planet, 2017 Bronze, steel, and paint, 9 x 6 x 4 inches.
Iron Planet, 2017 Bronze, steel, and paint, 13 x 4 x 4 inches. Summer Crocus, 2017 Bronze, steel, and paint, 11 x 6 x 4 inches. Iron Planets, 2017 Bronze, steel, and paint, 13 x 6 x 4 inches.
CATHERINE HOWE currently lives and works in New York, NY. Catherine Howe has an extensive history of exhibitions and critical success in the United States and abroad. Her work has been discussed in numerous publications including: The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, BOMB, Artcritical, Whitewall Magazine and the LA Times. She has a MFA from SUNY Buffalo and is currently a Professor on the Graduate Painting Faculty at the New York Academy of Art, where she leads a seminar on contemporary art. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Ebb and Flow, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX 2015 2015 Supreme Fiction, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2015 Supreme Fiction. Monotypes & Mylar Paintings, Cross Contemporary, Saugerties, NY 2012 Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths 2010 Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY 2009 District & Co., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2007 Revivify, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Live Animals, Phillip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO, 2003 Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY 2002 Galeria Raygun, Valencia, Spain 2001 Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY 2000 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA Schmidt Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 1998 Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY 1997 Galeria Raygun, Valencia, Spain 1996 Galerie Thomas von Lintel, Munich, Germany 1995 Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY 1994 Galerie Thomas von Lintel, Munich, Germany Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Galerie Johan Jonker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1993 Elizabeth Koury Gallery, New York, NY Stephanie Theodore Gallery, New York, NY 1990 MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY 1988 White Columns, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 The Audacious Still Life, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY 2016 The Imperfect Pearl - Curated by Howard Rutkowski, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2015 Improvised Showboat #8 - goes to Hudson! - hosted by Julie Evans, June 27, Bryon Finn Elliott Green, Catherine Howe, Meg Lipke,Thomas Nozkowski,Gary Stephan, et al. 2014 Cyphers and Howe, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY Ambitious, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Summer Group Exhibition, Philip Slein, Saint Louis, MO 2013 Paper Plus One, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY Seventh Annual Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, Allegra LaViola, New York, NY Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY 2011 Driven to Abstraction, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY A Desert in the Ocean, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY Duets, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT Pornucopia, Allegra la Viola, New York, NY 2010 Animal as Other, Curator April Gornik, Danese, New York, NY Private (Dis) Play, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Nice to Meet You, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY Remnants, Fuse Gallery, New York, NY 2009 Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Horizon, Curator David Humphrey, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY 2006 Whimsical and Monstrous, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY Yukiko Kawase Gallery, Paris, France 2005 Idols of Perversity, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY Visitors from the East, Billy Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Animal Tales, DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Drawn to the Present, Curator Jane Dickson, Pace University Gallery, New York, NY 2003 The Burbs, DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Seven Artists, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY 2001 Arsulananlar / Les Voluptes, Curator Elga Wimmer, Borusan Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
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Precious: The Pathos and Pleasures of Kitsch, Center for Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA Information, Interpretation, Revelation, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY Clowns, Curator Bill Congor, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL Jeannette Christensen, Catherine Howe, Robin Kahn, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY Salome‌, Curator Katherine Gass, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY Surfing the Surface, Curator Kathleen Cullen, DFN Gallery, New York, NY Conversations: Catherine Howe with David Humphrey, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY The Liars: Frightful Paint, Arti Et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Women's Work: Examining the Feminine in Contemporary Painting, Curator Jeff Fleming, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC Fracturing the Gaze, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX What's next on Canvas, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY Portraits, Graham Modern Gallery, New York, NY ARCO, Ferio, International, Madrid, Spain Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY Terrestial Bodies, Curator Christopher Sweet, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Under Construction: Rethinking Images of Identity, Curator Sue Spaid and Michael Anderson, Armory Center for The Arts, Pasadena, CA Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY Re: Visioning the Familiar, Curator Klaus Ottmann, Wesleyan University Art Center, Middletown, CT Pain - Ting, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY NY/NL, Museum Helmond, Helmond, The Netherlands The 43rd Biennial of American Painting, Curator Terrie Sultan, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Irony & Ecstasy, Salama Caro Gallery, London, United Kingdom Image Abstraction, Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY The Anti-Masculine, Curator Bill Arning, Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Boy Meets Girl, Horodner Romley Gallery, New York, NY House of Value, Muranushi Lederman Gallery, New York, NY
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015 Goodman, Jonathan. "The Sweep of the Hand: Catherine Howe at Cross Contemporary," Artcritical (August 13, 2015). Osborne-Bartuccca, Kristen. “Continuing and Recommended.” ArtScene (April 2015). 2014 “Cyphers and Howe at Cross Contemporary Art Gallery.” Saugerties Times (November 6, 2014). Dowling, Christa. “Inspiration: Where Do We Find it?” Huffington Post (October 20, 2014). Reilly, Christopher. "Catherine Howe Exhibit Opens at Philip Slein Gallery." Alive Magazine (January 10, 2014). McCann, Margaret, ed. Return of the Figure. New York: Rizzoli, 2014. 2013 Neale, April. "Spring Show at Ontario's Gallery House features Catherine Howe, Ray Caesar, more." Arts News (April 21, 2013). 2012 Weinrib, Madeline. "Catherine Howe." Bomb Magazine, no. 121 (Fall 2012). G. Roger, Denson. "Going Forward in Reverse: The Present Tense(ion) of History Painting." The Huffington Post: Arts & Culture (September 7, 2012). "The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won't Want to Miss." Art in America (April 5, 2012). "Catherine Howe at Von Lintel Gallery." Art in America (April 5, 2012). Cohen, David. "ARTCRITICAL PICK: Catherine Howe at Von Lintel Gallery." Artcritical (April 2012). 2011 "Calendar/Connecticut." The New York Times - Metropolitan Section (March 20, 2011): 20. 2010 "Pic of the week: Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY." ArtCritical (February, 2010). Pozzi, Lucio. "Letter from New York." il giornale dell'arte (2010). "The Emancipated Woman - Catherine Howe does painting, not more quick sociology." (2010). 2009 "Arts OPINION. Other as Animal." The East Hampton Star (July 1, 2009). Humphrey, David. "Blind Handshake." Periscope (September 1, 2009).
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Edward, Leffingwell. "Revivify." Art in America (January 2008). Wright, Jeffrey Cyphers. "To Ab or Ab Not." Chelsea Now, no. 33, (May 4 – 10, 2007). Cohen, David. "Idols of Perversity." The New York Sun (July 7, 2005). Johnson, Ken "Animal Tales." The New York Times (July 15, 2005). Drucker, Johanna. Sweet Dreams: Contemporary Art and Complicity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2005): 34-6, 39. "Littlejohn Contemporary." The New Yorker (2002). Schwabsky, Barry. "Review of solo show." Artforum, (1999): 144. Schwabsky, Barry. "Picturehood is Powerful. John Currin, Catherine Howe, Lisa Yuskavage." Art in America (1997): 80-5. Carmel, Pepe. The New York Times (December 15, 1995). Cottingham, Laura and Harry N. Abrahms. "The Feminist Continuum." (1995). Saltz, Jerry. "A Year in the Life of Painting." Art in America (October 1994) Pagel, David. "Review of Kim Light exhibition." Los Angeles Times (March 10, 1994). Esman, Abigail. "Review of solo exhibition." Flashart (October, 1993): 90. Salamo Caro Gallery. Time Out (1993). Smith, Roberta. "The New Appropriationists…" The New York Times: Sunday Arts (August 16, 1992).
DAVID KIMBALL ANDERSON currently lives and works in Santa Cruz, California. David Kimball Anderson has received a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant, three NEA Arts Fellowships, and a California State University Research Grant. His work is in the collections of: Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, National Endowment for the Arts, the World Bank, Art in Embassies, Washington, DC, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM, Albuquerque Museum and the City of Albuquerque, NM. From 1967-1971, he attended the San Francisco Art Institute. BIOGRAPHY 1946 Born in Los Angeles 1967-1971 San Francisco Art Institute SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2014 “Ranchland”, The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA “The Manresa Seasons”, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA 2013 “Altitude”, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO “to Morris Graves”, The Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA 2012 “Travel: Rome”, Namche, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2011 Selections from “to Morris Graves”, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO 2010 “In Nature” Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 2008 “to Morris Graves,” Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM “to Morris Graves,” SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA 2007 “to Morris Graves,” Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT 2006 “New Buddhas.” Linda Durham Gallery Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 2005 “Wall, Pagoda, Filters,” Lemmons Contemporary, New York City, NY 2003 “Winter Tracks,” Linda Durham Contemporary Art, New York City, NY 2002 “Baroque Appointments and Machine Parts”, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, NM 2001 “The Pacific Works: 1995-2001,” Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 1996 “Big Mind,” Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1991 “Rust and Ether,” Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1979 “Screens, ” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1973 The SECA Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 “Differing Feathers”, The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco 2015 “Land of Enchantment: New Mexico as Cultural Crossroads”, Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 2014 “Anderson Ranch: Mentoring Artistic Excellence”, SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago, IL 2012 “Looking Back, Looking Ahead, Modern and Contemporary Selections”, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY 2011 “50 Years of Bay Area Art”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 2010 “Considered”, Freisen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 2009 “Morris Graves, David Anderson: An Unique Pairing”, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY “Hearts and Souls”, Salzkirche Tangermunde, Tangermunde, Germany 2008 “Gold”, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 2003 “Surf Culture: Art History of Surfing”, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA 1991 “Singular Visions: Contemporary Sculpture in New Mexico,” Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM 1980 “Sculpture in California, 1975-1980”, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA 1975 “The Whitney Biennial,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY City of Easton, PA City of Santa Cruz, CA Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY The Albuquerque Museum, NM Art in Embassies Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM National Endowment for the Arts The Oakland Museum, CA San Antonio Museum of Art, TX San Francisco Museum of Modern Art World Bank, DC
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