MICHAEL GIBSON
PRESS RELEASE
March 2003
Grisaille
Press Release
March 27 - April 26, 2003
New York, March, 2003 -- The contemporary art department of James Graham & Sons is pleased to announce Grisaille: A Group Show of Contemporary Painting in Black and White.
This exhibition of works by 18 contemporary artists takes its inspiration from the tradition of grisaille painting, a gray composition rendered in varying shades of black and white. Derived from the French word for gray, grisaille can refer to a type of underpainting; works that depict the illusion of relief sculpture; and the somber paintings that shutter altarpieces during the penitential season of Lent. More recently, the word has been used to describe works that simulate the photographic image. Liberated from the consideration of color, or challenged by the limited palette, the artists in Grisaille explore gray’s spectrum of hues and the associations they evoke. Paintings range from Stephen Hannock’s Turneresque landscape and the photo-inspired realism of Bob Knox’s still life to the inventive abstractions of Louise Fishman, Jacqueline Humphries, and Juan Uslé. Grisaille also features works by Richard Baker, Judy Cotton, Stuart Elster, Andoni Euba, Joe Fyfe, Michael Gibson, Duncan Hannah, Sherry Kerlin, Nancy Lorenz, James Nares, Jonathan Santlofer, Gary Tenenbaum, and William Wood.
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Michael Gibson
Corner, 2001
Enamel on wood
12 x 12 inches
Michael Gibson
Silence, 2001
Enamel on wood
20 x 16 inches