作品｜布鲁斯·加尼尔

“超然象外”美国当代具象艺术系列展

“BeyondFiguration”——-Art America Beijing 2018

主办：北京成蹊当代艺术中心

Sponsor：ChengxiContemporary Art Center

参展艺术家简介及作品

布鲁斯·加尼尔，1941年出生于马萨诸塞州的威廉斯敦。他于1959年至1963年在威廉姆斯大学学习艺术史，1963年加入斯科希甘绘画雕塑学校并于1963年至1967年就读于哥伦比亚大学。在那里他师从于尼古拉斯·卡罗内、皮特·阿戈斯蒂尼和约翰·海利克。

加尼尔曾在耶鲁大学、莎拉劳伦斯学院、帕森斯设计学院、哈沃福特学院和意大利翁布里亚艺术国际学校任教。1979年至今，他在New York Studio School教授素描和雕塑。

1973年至今加尼尔的作品在美国、意大利、韩国举办个展、群展一百余次。2004年加尼尔被选为国家设计学院的国家院士。他也曾在1993年被授予Ingram Merril大奖和1985年新泽西州理事会奖。2016年加尼尔刚刚获得了美国古根海姆纪念基金会奖项。

Emile      Bruce Gagnier   铜高   94*宽37*深23    

                                                         Bruce M. Gagnier

                                                         Born 1941

                                                         151 Franklin Street

                                                         Brooklyn, N.Y. 11222

Selected exhibitions:

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2017           “Sideshow Nation”  Sideshow Gallery  Brooklyn NY

                   “On the Backs ofGiants”  Westbeth Gallery New york City

                   “Sculpture in the Garden”John Davis Gallery

                   “A Peek” Thomas Park Gallery,Williamsburg NYC

                    “The Art of Sculpture”Thomas Park Gallery Seoul  Korea

                    “Thinking Flat” an exhibitionof Sculptors drawings

                     Athens Cultural Center,Athens NY

                    “Color Sculpture” DumboSculpture Studio

                    “One PersonExhibition”  John Davis Gallery

2016           “Masks” Thomas Park Gallery  www. thomasthespace  Seoul South Korea

                   “Traverse”   William Holman Gallery  NYC NY

                     Bronze Sculpture in theGarden  John davis Gallery Hudson NY

2015           “Ceramic Sculpture” one personexhibition John Davis Gallery Hudson New York

                   One Person Exhibition  “Corpus” Lori Bookstein Gallery New York CityNY

                   Art in Nature SculptureExhibition  Greenwood Gardens New jersey

                   Bronzes  in the Garden John Davis Gallery

                   One Person Exhibition  “Masks” Thomas Park Gallery Seoul South Korea

2014

                   American Academy of Arts andLetters annual awards exhibition -  Awardof Merit

                   Exhibition of newly electedmembers and recipients of awards and honors

                   Exhibition of Paintings1995-2014 John Davis Gallery, Hudson New York

                   "Heads aRevisiting" curated by Thaddeus Raddell for Salena Gallery, BrooklynCampus, Long Island University

                  "Sculpture in theGarden"  John davis Gallery

                  "Exhibition of PlasterHeads" Thomas in the Park Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2013          

                   "Made for Bronze"John davis Gallery, Hudson NY

                   Tri - Annual Exhibition,National Academy of design

                   Group Exhibition,"Heavy Metal" Lori Bookstein Fine Art

                   Sculpture (Garden) JohnDavis Gallery

                   "AlmostWhite",  Lori Bookstein Fine Art

                   The Moses Fountain  installed in September in the rotunda of theNational

                   Academy    

2012           "sculpture Exhibition",John Davis Gallery

                   "Drawings", twoperson show, Sideshow Gallery

                   "Take Home aNude", Sotheby's for the New York Academy

                   "Moses, ACommision", Lori Bookstein Fine Art"

                   "Group Show", LoriBookstein Fine Art

                   "Summer Edition",Lori Bookstein Fine Art

                   "Benefitexhibition", New york Studio School

                   "Lecture on the work ofBruce Gagnier"   New York Academy ofArt                

2011            "Perception / Observation   Salena Gallery  

                     Brooklyn Campus LongIsland University 

                     group exhibition

                    "American Academy ofArts and Letters"

                    "John Davis Gallery" Hudson NY

                     one person exhibition

                    "Lori Bookstein FineArt" "Art on "Paper"

                    "Sculpture" JohnDavis Gallery

                    "BenefitExhibition", New york Studio School 

2010            "Incarnate" Exhibition ofSculpture, Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC

                    "It's a WonderfulLife"                 

2009            "Opening a World - FiveFigurative Artists" The Painting        

                      Center NYC NY

                    "Its A WonderfulLife" Sideshow Gallery" Brooklyn NY

                    "Transfiguring theFigure in American Art"

                     The National Academy ofDesign

                     Benefit Auction New YorkStudio School                   

2008            "Visions of the figure:FromWhere We Stand" Repetti   

                      Long Island City, NY

                    "New York StudioSchool Benefit Auction"

                    "War is over"Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, brooklyn, NY

                    "Heads"  Steven Harvey Projects 

2007             "Anniversaryexhibition", Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC

                     "Survey of AmericanArt",  National Academy of Design.NYC

                     "ContemporaryFigurations A survey of New York Artists"

                      Westbeth Gallery  NYC NY

2006            "Bruce Gagnier" oneperson exhibition, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, 

                     NYC

                    "Five Sculptors,Agostini, Spaventa, Silver, Gagnier, Cairns, - Louis Comfort Tiffany      

                     Gallery, Haverford College

                    "War isOver",  Sideshow  Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC

                    "Clay" (FourSculptors), Lori Bookstein Fine Art, NYC

                     Benefit exhibition (silentauction), New York Studio School, NYC     

2005             small Work/Large Scale, LoriBookstein Gallery, NYC

                     black and White, Lori Bookstein Gallery, NYC

                     disegno, National Academyof Design, NYC

                     the Continuous Mark,curated by jennifer Sachs Samet

2004             group exhibition, LORI BOOKSTEINGALLERY, NYC

                     benefit exhibition  for SHARE, SIDESHOW GALLERY, BROOKLYN, NYC

                     invitational juriedexhibition,  THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OFDESIGN, NYC

2003:            the century club, "Artist'schoose Artist's"          

                     one person exhibition,  LORI BOOKSTEIN GALLERY, NYC

                     group exhibition, "Artist's Select Artists", The Century Club, NYNY

2002:             "portraits",  DIAMANTINA GALLERY, BROOKLYN, NYC 

                      group exhibition,LORI  BOOKSTEIN GALLERY, NYC

                      group exhibition, MAURICEARLOS GALLERY, NYC

2001:             one person show, ISA GALLERY,Umbria, Italy

                      group exhibition, CARLSCHLOSSBERG GALLERY, Sherman   

                      Oaks Cal.

                      group exhibition,  LORI BOOKSTEIN GALLERY, NYC

2000:             one person show, ISA GALLERY,Umbria, Italy

                      two person exhibition,SCHLESINGER GALLERY, NYC

1999:             benefitexhibition, BrooklynArtists, BROOKLYN MUSEUM.

                      one-person exhibition,ISA GALLERY, Umbria, Italy

1998:             benefit exhibition, DAVID MCKEEGALLERY, NYC.

                      benefit exhibition, NEWYORK STUDIO SCHOOL, NYC.

                      one-person exhibition,ISA GALLERY, Umbria, Italy.

1997:             one-person exhibition, ISAGALLERY, Umbria, Italy.

1996:             one person exhibition, ISAGALLERY, Umbria, Italy.

                     group exhibition, WILLIAMO'REILLY GALLERY.

1995:             one person exhibition, COMFORTGALLERY, Haverford  College,  PA.

                      group exhibition,SALANDER O'REILLY GALLERY, NYC.

                      one person exhibition,ISA GALLERY, Umbria, Italy.

1993:             "Invitational", groupexhibition, ELIZABETH HARRIS GALLERY, NYC.

                      "The face not only aparent could love", TRIPLEX GALLERY, Borough of

                       Manhattan CommunityCollege.

                      "Figuration"93", invitational exhibition, 55 MERCER STREET, NYC.

1992:              one person exhibition, PROJECTROOM, M-13 GALLERY, NYC.

1991:              group exhibition, MARGARETHLIPWORTH GALLERY, Boca Raton, Florida.

                       group exhibition, RISINGTIDE GALLERY, Provincetown, MA.

1990:              "Drawings", groupexhibition, PROCTOR ART CENTER, Bard College, curated by     

                        John Lees.

                        two person exhibition(with Calvin Albert), GAUMANN-CICCHINO GALLERY, Fort  

                        Lauderdale, Fla.

                        "Small WorksInvitational", BOWERY GALLERY, NYC.

1989:              one person exhibition, LESLIECECIL GALLERY, NYC.

                       'Aspects of the Figure1936-1989", GAUMAN CICCHINO GALLERY.

1988:              group exhibition, LESLIE CECILGALLERY, NYC

1987:              group exhibition, LESLIE CECILGALLERY, NYC

                       one person show, LESKIECECIL GALLERY, NYC

1986:              "Heads", curated byJonathan Silver

                       "Survival of theFittest", INGBER GALLERY, NYC

                       "Portraits andSelfportraits", EMILY SORKIN GALLERY,NYC

1985:              "Organism toArchitecture", curated by Ross Bleckner

1984:              "The IllusiveImage",  SCHLESINGER-BOISANTEGALLERY, NYC

1983:              "The Painterly Image",JERSEY CITY MUSEUM, NJ

1979:              "Faculty Choice Exhibition",NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, NYC

1977:              one person show,  UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

1976:              one person show, HAVERFORDCOLLEGE, PA

1973:              "American FigurativePainting", UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, OSHKOSH

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2017            Catalog Essay, Mimi Park – “The Artof Sculpture”

                    Bruce Gagnier

2016       

                     Artedolia – Interview withBruce Gagnier

                     Christine Hughes

2015

                     Thought/Form  - the Sculpture of Bruce Gagnier

                      Kim Sloane

                     Artcritical - review ofExhibition Lori Bookstein, 

                     Thaddeus Radell

                     Sculpture Magazine  -  reviewof  “Art in Nature”

                     Style H February articleon “Heads” Thomas the Space

                     Muine Gallery reviewThomas the Space, interview with

                     Mimi  Park

                     article on “Heads”

                     Luxury Magazine April  “The Young Collector”

                     Style  “Masks”

                     Around  “Masks” long interview with Mimi Park ofThomas    the Space - photographs

                     Style H trend and issue -Bruce Gagnier

                     Noblesse  interview with Bruce Gagnier

2014             

                     “Figurative Art”,Riozzolli 

                     In the Galleries, The NewCriterion, Karen Wilkin

                     Hyperallergic, August4,  John Goodrich

                    Heren Art  - Review of “Heads” Seoul South Korea

                    Elle Magazine interview andreview “Heads” Seoul South Korea

                    Maison Magazine review ofshow “Man Made” Thomas the Space Gallery Seoul south Korea, installationarticle - collection

                    Feature and Culture reviewof “Man Made” Thomas the Space Gallery Seoul South Korea

                    Muine review and interviewwith Mimi Park director of Thomas the space - photograph of NY studio

2010          

                    "Incarnate"  Lori Bookstein Gallery

                    The New Criterion, review

                    Art in America,  Review

2008            Michelle Wilson, The QueensChronicle, reproduction, "Figures      

                    are Quite a Vision at LIC'sRepetti Gallery             

2007            Maureen Mullarky, The New York Sun,review,  "Aniversary Show"

2006            Maureen Mullarky, The New York Sun,review-Bruce Gagnier/Sculpture

                    John Perrault, catalogueessay, "Clay"

                    Matthew Gut Nichols,review, Art in America, Nov. '06

                    Karen Wilkin, The Hudson Review, Nov. '06

                    The Phiadelphia enquirer,review, "five Sculptors" 

2005            Mario Naves, The New York Obsrver,Review

                    Maureen Mullarky, The NewYork Sun, review, Disegno, The  

                    189th Annual Exhibition,       

                    The National Academy ofDesign

2004            Maureen Mullarky, The New Tork Sun,review

2003            David Cohen, The New York Sun,Review

2001:           Lance Esplund, ART IN AMERICA,  review

2000:           JOEL SILVERSTEIN, REVIEWNY.COM,review

1995:           Victoria DONOHOE, PHILADELPHIAENQUIRER, review

1994;           Grace Gluck, THE NEW TIMES

1993:           David Ebony, ART IN AMERICA, review,March issue

1989:           Michael Brenson, THE NEW YORKTIMES,  review, March 24.

1987:           Derek Reist,  "Gagnier, Scale and Gesture"ART/WORLD, April 15.

                    Michael Brenson, THE NEWYORK TIMES,  review,  April 3.

1986:           Vivian Raynor, THE NEW YORK TIMES,RIEVIEW , JUNE 6

                    Michael Brenson, THE NEWYORK TIMES,  review, Jan 31.

1985:           Gary Indiana,  THE VILLAGE VOICE,  review, February

                    Michael Brenson, THE NEWYORK TIMES,  review

1984:           Michael Brenson, THE NEW YORKTIMES,  review, June  22.

                    Norman Turner, ARTS

                    Norman Turner,  Catalog, "The  Painterly Image"

1983:           Michael Brenson, THE NEW YORK TIMES, review

                    Patricia Bailey,ART/WORLD,  article, November

1974:           Nessa Forman, ART NEWS,  review

                    Sam Yates, Catalog,  "American Figurative Art"

WRITING

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2014           Publication _”The Figure”    Rizzolli  

2012           Lecture - on Vimeo (UTube) -"On My work"  delivered atthe  New York Academy of art

2007           Books in preparation,  " The Plastic conscious”

                   Diagrams from the Plastic Conscious    

2002            catalogue essay,  Chuck Bowdish

1998:           Instructional Video,"Perspective on the Picture Plane",

                    produced by the RudyFoundation

1997:           ART IN AMERICA,  reviews: Bishop, Matta  etc.

1990:           Introduction, Zvika Lachman Catalog,Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1986:           SAY magazine, vol.1 no. 6, article, "An Art Lesson"

                    ARTWORLD,  review, "Agostini"

1985:           CREATIVA,  7 anno, 2. Aprile-Maggio,  "Art and Tradition"

TEACHING

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2017          Distinguished critic Master class in thefigure

                   New York Academy ofFigurative Art ,  

1990-2004  NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, Figure Sculpture,Art  History, Drawing

1998-99:     NYU, Project Sculpture, The Figure

1994-2001: INTERNATIONALSCHOOL OF ART, Figure Sculpture, Drawing, Lectures

1995:           YALE UNIVERSITY, MFA, FigureModeling

1994:           SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, Painting,Figure Studio

                    NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL,Figure Sculpture, Art History, Drawing

1990-93:     PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Faculty, ActingChairman, MFA Painting

                    NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL,Faculty

1989:          NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, Faculty

                   PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN,Continuing Education, Figure Drawing

1988-89:    PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, MFA Program,visiting lecturer

1988:         CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION, SCHOOL OF ART,Painting, Critique

1979-87   NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, Faculty

1978-79:  PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, MFA Program,Faculty

1975-76:  HAVERFORD COLLEGE, Painting and Sculpture

1971-73:  CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, KINGSBOROUGH,2-D and 3-d design,

                Art Appreciation, African Art

GRANTS ANDHONORS

2016:     John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

2014:      Award of Merit: American Academy andInstitute of Arts and Letters

2004:      elected: National Academicien, NatonalAcdemy Of Design

1993:      INGRAM MERRIL AWARD

1985:      NEWJERSEY STATE COUNCIL AWARD

RESIDENCIES

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 1998, 2001             ISA, UMBRIA, ITALY

EDUCATION

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            Williamscollege BA 1963

          Columbia University MFA  1967

            Skowhegan School of Art Summer 1963

            Assistant-PeterAgostini 1963-1966

            DRAWING: Nicolas Carone, PeterAgostini

            SCULPTURE: Peter Agostini

            PAINTING: John Heliker     

作品欣赏

“超然象外”美国当代具象艺术系列展一

“BeyondFiguration”——-Art America Beijing 2018 

学术主持：成蹊

Academic preside：ChengXi 

策展人：成蹊、吴建楠

Curator: Cheng Xi 、Jiannan Wu

学术支持：皮特·德瑞克（美）

Academic support: Peter Drake

参展艺术家：

Artist：

Peter Drak ｜皮特·德瑞克

John Jacobsmeyer ｜约翰·雅各布斯迈尔  

Bruce Gagnier ｜布鲁斯·加尼尔

Adam Lupton ｜亚当·卢普顿

Jingyi Wang ｜王敬宜

AlonsaGuevara ｜阿隆萨·格瓦拉

Simón Ramírez ｜西蒙·拉米雷斯

Weixian Jiang ｜蒋维宪

Caleb DowBooth ｜卡莱布·布斯  

Ciara Rafferty ｜席亚拉·拉弗蒂

Nan Xu ｜徐楠

James Razko ｜詹姆斯·瑞斯科

Dina Brodsky｜ 迪娜·布罗斯基

Jiannan Wu ｜吴建楠

开幕时间：2018年3月10日15:00（周六）

OpeningReception: 3pm, March 10th, Saturday, 2018

展览时间：2018年1月28日----3月28日

ExhibitionTime: January 28th,2018——March 28th, 2018

主办单位：北京成蹊当代艺术中心

Sponsor：ChengxiContemporary Art Center

展览地点：北京市顺义区龙塘文创园，成蹊当代艺术中心（龙塘新馆）

ExhibitionVenue: ChengxiContemporary Art Center, Creative Industry Park B01, 28 Longtang Road, ShunyiDistrict, Beijing

品牌合作：北京龙塘文化创意产业园

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 前言

文｜皮特·德瑞克（美）

标题乍看表达了逻辑性的向前发展或是抛开传统和已知的一种概念。但标题想要表达的真实意思是先进的具象创作的下一步发展是尊重过去但又不是墨守成规。这是指借鉴诸世纪来的发明和实验来创造作品，这些作品以历史准则为基石，但又突破了这些准则。Beyond Figuration非常清晰地表达了先锋具象艺术家们是可以做到鱼和熊掌兼得的。通过直观的视觉表达，融合艺术历史和当代文化是本次展览对艺术家们的期望。

詹姆斯·瑞斯科的作品就是一个完美的例子。从他的夜视主题的绘画到他的当代错视画，他创造了一个令人信服的世界，一个只有结合大量的艺术历史的背景知识并利用制造错觉的艺术创作的可能性才可以创造出的世界。当你第一眼看他的弹孔主题的绘画的时候，会觉得是如此无辜，就像一个小纽扣或是一个奖章。但只有当你认真思考了它们所隐喻的暴力之后你才能感受它们真正想要表达的内容。

王敬宜的孤独的仙人掌， 投影在一张照片纸上，呈现出仙人掌在室内生长的场景。这种抑郁的描绘表达出了大自然和室内的错觉之间强烈的反差对比。在她的作品里你能感觉到好像你踉跄走进了亚利桑那州菲利克斯的一个牙医诊所，然后发现本该是菲利克斯真实的风景变成了一副临摹画。

在NewYork New York这件作品中，吴建楠用浅浮雕的形式展示了一个凌乱又充满能量的纽约地铁场景。 各种各样的广告logo漂浮在一个单点透视的场景中就是借鉴了布鲁内勒斯基的作品。吴建楠对传统文化的认知，加上他想要超越它的意愿，最终在作品中呈现了百老汇布吉伍吉爵士乐式的美妙、混乱和困惑。

鲜明的对比下，亚当·卢普顿的作品Verbatum呈现了另一种真实，一种颜料在画布上的真实感，和那种真实感的愉悦和虚构。卢普顿的作品充满了情绪的张力，但作品真正的力量来自于他想要一幅一幅地去扩张他的视觉的信息量的意愿。他的颜料在一幅作品中是粗糙的，但到了下一幅作品又是谄媚的。从弗兰斯·哈尔斯到弗朗西斯·培根，艺术家们一直在尝试从诸世纪的画作中学到更多，而卢普顿就是这样一位结合了历史传承和逻辑性向前发展的艺术家。

这次参加Beyond Figuration的所有艺术家都是当代艺术圈新兴的大范围对话的一部分。这个对话不禁让我们去质疑被坚持了近一个世纪的学术准则是否正确，即艺术家的技术、才华和艺术历史认知之间是没有相互关系的。这些艺术家们充分证明了这个准则不再正确。这些对于美术史的认知不再只是存在于艺术家们的眼里，而是丰富了艺术家们的艺术创作。

——皮特·德瑞克

（艺术家，策展人，纽约艺术学院教授、副院长）

Beyond Figuration

The title suggests that there is a logical nextstep, or the leaving behind of a tradition or the known. The truth is that thenext step in progressive figuration respects the past without being beholdingto it. It takes advantage of centuries-worth of invention and experimentationto create works that build on and go beyond historical norms. Beyond Figuration makes it clear thatprogressive figurative artists can have their cake and eat it too. Beingvisually articulate, aware of art history and engaged with contemporary cultureis what is expected of the artists in this exhibition.

James Raczkowski’s work is a perfectexample; from his haunting night-vision pictures to contemporary trompe l’oeil,he creates a convincing world that could only be achieved through a deepinvestment to art history and the magical possibilities of illusionisticartmaking. His bullet-hole pinwheels appear so innocent at first glance, like atiny button or a medallion. They only assert themselves after you considertheir implied violence.

Jingyi Wang’s lonesome cacti, cast shadowson what appears to be a photo-mural of the very setting the plant should be athome in to begin with. This melancholic depiction could only be effective if itis convincing to begin with, the sharp contrast of one illusion set off againstanother. There is the sense in her work that you have stumbled into a dentist’soffice in Phoenix Arizona where the genuine landscape has been replaced with itsdistant facsimile.

In NewYork, New York, Jiannan Wu creates a bas relief phantasmagoria of theclattering energy of the New York City subway system. Advertising clouds floatover a single point perspective that’s right out of Brunelleschi. The beauty, the mayhem and theconfusion of the Broadway Boogie Woogie is realized by Jiannan’s awareness ofthis tradition and his willingness to go beyond it.

Bysharp contrast, Adam Lupton’s Verbatum presentsanother kind of truth, the truth of paint on canvas and the exhilaration andinvention of that reality. Lupton’s work is emotionally loaded, but its realstrength comes from his willingness to expand his visual vocabulary from pieceto piece. Paint becomes scabrous in one painting and buttery in the next. FromFrans Hals to Francis Bacon, artists have been trying to get more out of paintfor centuries and Lupton is both a part of this tradition and its logical nextstep.

Allof the artists in Beyond Figuration area part of a larger dialog that is emerging in the contemporary art world. Thisdialog questions the academic norm of our time which has insisted for a centurythat skill, talent and art historical awareness are no longer relevant. Theseartists make it abundantly clear that this is no longer the truth. These assetsdo not stand in the way of an artist’s vision, they enhance it.

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