Estate of Robert Arneson
| Show of Hands |
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| Jun 18 - Aug 6, 1997 | |
Through August 6th, The George Adams Gallery will have on view A Show of Hands, an invitational group exhibition of paintings, sculpture, drawings and photographs incorporating the image of one or more hands. A Show of Hands, includes paintings by Arnold, Barsness, Beal, Celaya, McFarlane, and Saul; drawings by Arneson, Bedia, Marks, Stashkevetch, Straus, Valerio and Winters; photographs by Neshat and Schneider; and sculpture by Dill and Leopold. The works in the exhibition by Arnold, Barsness, Celaya, Marks, McFarlane, Saul, and Winters were made specifically for the exhibition. In works such as China Marks' A Hand of Cards, the clasped hands in Neshat's Faith, or Maffucci Syndrome, a drawing a newborn's deformed hand by Stashkevetch, the hand is isolated as the central motif. In other works, such as Arneson's Lousing up the Space, Saul's Lunch, or Valerio's Fear it is the gesture of the hand the activates the narrative. In Susan Leopold's sculpture a series of hands covers the outside of the box; inside is a view of the walls of a palace fort in Jodhpur showing the impressions, cast and mounted on the walls of the hands of women who perished on their husband's funeral pyres in the ritual of Sati from which the piece takes it's title. Exhibition Checklist 1. Lesley Dill Bronze Hands, 1990 cast bronze 104 x 15 x 6 inches 2. Adam Straus The Scream, 1993 oil on xerox transfer on paper encased in lead 15 x 14 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches 3. Jack Beal Envy (Self Portrait), 1977 oil on canvas 26 x 22 inches 4. Chester Arnold Modus Operandi II, 1997 oil on linen 18 x 22 inches 5. Peter Saul Lunch, 1997 oil, acrylic on canvas 83 x 66 1/2 inches 6. Robert Arneson Lousing up the Space, 1988 conte, charcoal on paper 31 3/4 x 48 inches 7. Jim Barsness The Trash Heap, 1997 ink on paper, collage, acrylic on canvas 73 3/4 x 95 3/4 inches 8. Gary Schneider Study for Four Seasons, 1993-1995 4 unique toned gelatin silver prints each 14 x 11 (unframed) inches 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 (framed) 9. Enrique Celaya Orphan, 1997 oil on polyester 47 7/8 x 44 inches 10. China Marks A Hand of Cards, 1997 mixed media on paper 21 x 17 1/2 inches 11. Susan Leopold Sati, 1992 mixed media (wood, paper, fresnel lenses) 29 x 41 x 34 inches 12. Bryan McFarlane Invisible Hand, 1997 oil on linen 46 x 46 inches 13. Jose Bedia Muzidis, 1995 acrylic, collage on paper 51 x 88 1/4 inches 14. Joseph Stashkevetch Maffucci Syndrome (enchondromatosis), 1996 conte and watercolor on paper 28 1/2 x 30 inches 15. Sandy Winters Charmer, 1997 oil stick on paper 21 3/4x 30 inches 16. Shirin Neshat Faith, 1997 ink on gelatin silver print 40 x 60 inches edition #3 of 3 17. James Valerio Fear, 1995 pencil on paper 25 x 20 inches |