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Amer Kobaslija Door View, 2006

Amer Kobaslija
Door View, 2006
Oil on panel
86 x 114 inches (triptych)
AKop 29

Amer Kobaslija Sweetheart Sputnik of New Orleans and the End of the World, 2006

Amer Kobaslija
Sweetheart Sputnik of New Orleans and the End of the World, 2006
Oil on panel
48 x 70 inches
AKop 33

Amer Kobaslija The Art of Painting, 2006

Amer Kobaslija
The Art of Painting, 2006
Oil on panel
48 x 65 inches
AKop 32

Amer Kobaslija South of the Border, West of the Sun II, 2006

Amer Kobaslija
South of the Border, West of the Sun II, 2006
Oil on panel
71 3/4 x 96 inches (diptych)
AKop 31

Amer Kobaslija Artist in His Studio, 2006

Amer Kobaslija
Artist in His Studio, 2006
Oil on panel
86 x 122 inches (triptych)
AKop 28

Amer Kobaslija Painter's Floor with an Open Door, 2006

Amer Kobaslija
Painter's Floor with an Open Door, 2006
Oil on panel
85 x 68 inches (diptych)
AKop 30

Amer Kobaslija Con te Partiro, 2006

Amer Kobaslija
Con te Partiro, 2006
Oil on panel
74 1/4 x 85 7/8 inches (diptych)
AKop 25

Amer Kobaslija The Artist, 2006

Amer Kobaslija
The Artist, 2006
Oil on panel
58 x 48 inches
AKop 34

Amer Kobaslija Painter's Floor with Chair and Ladder, 2005

Amer Kobaslija
Painter's Floor with Chair and Ladder, 2005
Oil on panel
71 3/4 x 96 inches (diptych)
AKop 23

Amer Kobaslija Untitled (overhead view), 2004

Amer Kobaslija
Untitled (overhead view), 2004
oil on panel
13 x 10 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches
AKop 3

Amer Kobaslija Vemeer in Bosnia, 2005

Amer Kobaslija
Vemeer in Bosnia, 2005
oil on panel
10 x 13 1/4inches
AKop 04

Amer Kobaslija Changing Images of Pictorial Space, 2005

Amer Kobaslija
Changing Images of Pictorial Space, 2005
oil on panel
12 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches
AKop 02

Amer Kobaslija Exhibition Installation

Amer Kobaslija
Exhibition Installation

Amer Kobaslija Exhibition Installation

Amer Kobaslija
Exhibition Installation

Amer Kobaslija Exhibition Installation

Amer Kobaslija
Exhibition Installation

Amer Kobaslija Show Announcement

Amer Kobaslija
Show Announcement

Amer Kobaslija Show Announcement (continued)

Amer Kobaslija
Show Announcement (continued)

Press Release

This summer George Adams Gallery will present new large-scale paintings by Amer Kobaslija.  Following his debut exhibition at the gallery earlier this year featuring small-scale paintings of his studio, this exhibition will introduce six new oils of the artist's studio that range in size from single panel paintings 5x4 feet to a nearly life-size triptych 7x12 feet.

Kobaslija favors vertiginous perspectives and this sensation is greatly enhanced by his shift to the larger scale. Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye), 2006, for example, presents a cluttered studio -- paint encrusted palette, paint splattered floor, photographs and paintings covering the walls, a tripod-mounted camera in the center of the room -- seen from above.  The skewed bird's eye-view not only reveals the artists working method, but also draws attention to and intensifies the complex ecosystem of the artist's cramped quarters. In contrast, Door View, 2005, also a triptych and one of the largest paintings in the exhibition at just over 7 x 9 feet, starkly depicts the studio as if abandoned with bare whitewalls and the door left ajar.

Amer Kobaslija was born in Bosnia in 1975.  He received his BFA from the Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida and his MFA from Montclair University in New Jersey. In 2005, Kobaslija was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant.

Exhibition Checklist

1. Door View, 2006
Oil on panel
86 x 114 inches (triptych)
AKop 29

2. South of the Border, West of the Sun II, 2006
Oil on panel
85 x 74 inches (diptych)
AKop 31

3. Painter's Floor with Chair and Ladder, 2005
Oil on panel
71 3/4 x 96 inches (diptych)
AKop 23

4. Painter's Floor with Open Door, 2006
Oil on panel
85 x 68 inches (diptych)
AKop 30

5. Artist in His Studio, 2006
Oil on panel
86 x 122 inches (triptych)
AKop 28

6. The Art of Painting, 2006
Oil on panel
48 x 65 inches
AKop 32

7. Con te Partiro, 2006
Oil on panel
74 1/4 x 85 7/8 inches (diptych)
AKop 25

8. Sputnik Sweetheart of New Orleans and
the End of the World
, 2006
Oil on panel
48 x 70 inches
AKop 33