SPRING 2019
JM Rizzi Beyond The Sunset, Spring 2019, at the Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, NYC Woodward Gallery premieres the Solo Exhibition of JM Rizzi at the Down Town Association this Spring! The large, newly renovated exhibition space will feature Rizzi’s grand, original paintings that take you beyond the sunset. Woodward Gallery is delighted to launch their inaugural exhibition at the Down Town Association (DTA) location of 60 Pine Street, New York City. Artist JM Rizzi is recognized for his signature use of bold curves and lines. This exhibition contemplates a new reality using shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks leading to a place beyond the painting’s surface. A great abstract symphony of shapes pulsating into one another, JM Rizzi’s paintings are at once, serious and sensual, energetic and fearless. The Artist’s contemporary, strong black lines caress blank space or beckon to color. His dynamic hues of yellow, silver, orange, blue, and red float and intermingle with movement and style. While standing in place, one experiences these paintings as alive with motion. JM Rizzi’s works of art flow with poetic swooping curves, and determined lines leading one afar. This international artist has had major solo exhibitions, as in the historic Four Seasons Restaurant, as well as Public Art projects and commissioned murals around the globe (NYC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Sweden, Hong Kong, and Shanghai).
Guests are invited to view Woodward Gallery art exhibitions by appointment. Daily hours are available at 60 Pine Street. Please contact Woodward Gallery, or call the DTA directly at 212 422 1982 to schedule your visit. Kindly arrive in business casual attire while on Club premises. Woodward Gallery celebrates their 25th Anniversary throughout 2019 as a NYC Art institution! The Gallery is a pioneer in the heart of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a neighborhood with a rich history of art and culture. Woodward additionally curates Art in SoHo, Tribeca and Lincoln Square at Gourmet Garage locations and now has expanded its exhibition program to the Down Town Association. The Down Town Association remains an island of quiet civility in a bustling Lower Manhattan. As a locus for nourishment, entertainment, relaxation or quiet discourse, the Club has remained of and for its members since its inception in 1859, providing their members and guests with the finest hospitality. A New York City Landmark in Lower Manhattan, the DTA’s Clubhouse is one of New York’s best examples of Romanesque Revival design as well as the second oldest purpose built club building in the United States.
Let It Bleed, 2014 Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 30 inches; 61 x 76.2 cm Signed on Verso
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Sanctuary, 2014 Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 80 inches; 121.9 x 203.2 cm Signed on Verso
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Emerging, 2014 Acrylic on Canvas 38 x 97 inches; 96.5 x 246.4 cm Signed on Verso
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Bracing For The Catapult, 2014 Enamel on Canvas 38 x 30 inches; 96.5 x 76.2 cm Signed on Verso
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From Soil to Sun, 2014 Enamel on Canvas 48 x 36 inches; 121.9 x 91.4 cm Signed on Verso
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Sea Change, 2014 Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 64 inches; 101.6 x 162.6 cm Signed on Verso
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Beyond the Sunset 4, 2019 Enamel on Canvas 60 x 96 inches; 152.4 x 243.8 cm Signed on Verso
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Beyond the Sunset 3, 2019 Enamel on Canvas 60 x 96 inches; 152.4 x 243.8 cm Signed on Verso
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Beyond the Sunset 2, 2019 Enamel on Canvas 60 x 96 inches; 152.4 x 243.8 cm Signed on Verso
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Beyond the Sunset 1, 2019 Enamel on Canvas 60 x 96 inches; 152.4 x 243.8 cm Signed on Verso
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Selected Exhibitions 2019 “JM Rizzi Beyond The Sunset”, Solo Exhibition, April-June, in the Babcock Room at the Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, presented by Woodward Gallery, NYC 2019 “JM Rizzi Four Seasons”, Solo Exhibition, April 2-May 24, at Woodward Gallery, NYC 2018 “20in18” Group Exhibition featuring Keith Haring, Richard Hambleton, Robert Indiana, Val Kilmer, Andy Warhol and others, February 8- March 23, 2018, Woodward Gallery, NYC 2016 “Fall Salon”, Group Exhibition featuring 61 artists and 129 works of art, Woodward Gallery, NYC 2015 “Woodward Gallery Decades,” Woodward Gallery, NYC 2014-2016 Private Dining Rooms at the Four Seasons Restaurant, 99 East 52nd Street, Solo Exhibition, New York, NY; Summer- Winter. 2014 “JMR: Sheer Power: Recent Paintings,” Solo Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, NYC; September 6- October 25. 2014 “Woodward Gallery Project Space Retrospective 2006- 2014,” Group Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, NYC; June 28- July 26. 2014 “Linescape,” Solo Exhibition, Circuit 12, Dallas, TX; August. 2013 “Schnabel, Phillips, JMR,” Museum, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX; April. 2013 “Ways and Means,” Solo Exhibition, Mighty Tanaka, Brooklyn, NY; May. 2013 “Escape,” JMR with Designers: Jimmy Choos, Proenza Schouler, and Pucci, Solo Exhibition, Joyce Gallery, Hong Kong; May. 2012 “Of Clouds and Something Else,” Solo Exhibition, Mighty Tanaka, Brooklyn, NY; May. Bibliography 2014 Resident Magazine, “The Scoop Troupe” by Rory Winston, pages 57-61, October 2014 Resident Magazine, “Knock on Woodward” by Rory Winston, pages 62-63, October 2014 “JMR Sheer Power: Recent Paintings at Woodward Gallery, 133 Eldridge Street, NY”, LES Events, LowerEastSide.org, September 2014 Wall Street International, “JMR Sheer Power: Recent Paintings at Woodward Gallery,” Feature, September 2014 “James M. Rizzi: Linescapes at Circuit 12,” by Alejo Benedetti, Modern Dallas, August 26th, 2014 Fall Listing, www.artcritical.com, 2014 2013 “#ARTBASELHK13: Art Fair Month Kicks Off With JMR,” JOYCE Gallery, May 2013 “Ways and Means, A Solo Show by JMR” Mighty Tanaka Brooklyn, NY, December 13, 2013 2012 “JMR Stars Again this Week in Dallas (Not JR, He Got Shot, Remember?),” BSA- Brooklyn Street Art, January 19, 2012