Rainer Gross

"Shiffman Twins" Diptych

2005

Rainer Gross (American, b. 1957) "Neal Twins" (in two parts)," 2000, Oil diptych painting on panel, signed, titled and dated verso, panel (unframed/each): 10.25"h x 9"w, overall 10.25 X 18 inches RAINER GROSS (1951 - ) Rainer Gross was born and educated in Cologne, Germany. He came to the United States in 1973. At that time he worked with Howard Kanovitz and later with Larry Rivers He has exhibited with German galleries and last season at the Tower. His work is represented in numerous private collections. Mr. Gross' excellent draftsmanship and subtle color sense are evident in his acrylics on paper. His paintings and drawings interpret Americana charged with allegorical and classical allusions. The copying of re-rendering ot old masters has a long and venerable history. The Romans copied the Greeks, the Renaissance masters copied the Romans and the academicians of the 19th century copies the Renaissance masters. More recently, such stellar figures as Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne and Pablo Picasso were "borrowers" who in turn became "lenders" to countless modernists. The "Art about Art" exhibition at the Whitney Museum reminded us that the art of the past can still provide valid models, even in an age when the unique and objective statement has been valued as never before. A prominent figure in that show was Larry Rivers, perhaps the most consistent renowned "borrower" of his generation, who has spent the last 30 years quoting everybody from Rembrandt to Hiroshige. This is from his series “Contact Paintings – Twins” As their name implies, the compositions encompass two painted surfaces that the artist presents as a diptych, each panel imprinting on and mirroring the other. The artist sometimes selects one of the two panels and brings his personal touch by adding one or two brushstrokes. A deeper understanding of Gross’ paintings requires the viewer to consider the challenges entailed in becoming a painter in 1970s Cologne when the ideology of “The End of Painting” professed by Joseph Beuys at the Kunst Akademie Düsseldorf became dominant among the art world’s “elite.” Being a painter meant thinking about the specificities of the medium and new ways to push it forward. In 2017, Gross was included in the Beijing Biennale as a representative of Germany. In 2012, the Museum Ludwig (Koblenz, Germany) held a four-decade survey of his paintings. Other notable national and international exhibits include the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts (Lausanne, Switzerland), Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion (Champaign, Illinois, USA), and Kunsthalle Emden (Emden, Germany). Gross’ paintings are housed in numerous public collections, including the AT&T Corporate Art Collection, the Cohen Family Collection, the Hirshhorn Collection, the UBS Union Bank of Switzerland, and the Lowe Art Museum. His work has been reviewed by the New York Times, Art in America, ArtNews, The Brooklyn Rail, The Boston Globe, and others. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA Katharina Rich-Perlow Gallery, New York Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany Gráficas Works on Paper, Tucson, AR Museum Tucson, Arizona 2006 "Abstrakt", Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany Galerie Koch, Art Miami, and Cologne Galerie Stefan Röpke, Art Fairs, Pulse New York, Bologna, Brussels Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne 2005 Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Germany; Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland; Michael Schneider Zeitgenössische Kunst Bonn, Germany Galerie Stefan Roepke, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA and Art Chicago; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett: Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Germany, Elvira Bach - Rainer Gross - Stefan Hoenerloh - Alex Katz - Stefan Szczesny - Wanda Pratschke - Hans Steinbrenner Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne, Germany; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2003 Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne; Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA; 2002 Auftrag der Farbe,* Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany and Kunstverein Trier, Germany; Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA DFN Gallery, New York 2001 Accrochage, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; Museum Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany; Achrochage, Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany*; Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne; Museum Viersen, Viersen, Germany; Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Galerie Klein, Bad Muenstereifel, Germany; 2000 Achrochage, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Rainer Gross, Thomas Kemper, Peter Tollens Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Cologne; 1999 Portraits, Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Cologne, Germany; Still Life and Blick zurück nach vorn, Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Galeriey Holtmann, Cologne, Germany; Church of St.Gerion, Cologne, Germany; X-MAS , Kent Gallery, New York; 1998 Galerie Benden & Klimczak, "Art Cologne" fair, Cologne, Germany; Gallery OZ, Paris, Gallery Graf & Schelble, Basel, and Art Zurich, Switzerland; Galerie Holtmann, Art Basel, Switzerland and Art Cologne,Germany; 1997 Solo, Madrid Museo de la Cidad, Madrid, Spain; Schneider Contemporary Art, Bonn, Germany; Abstract , Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Viersen, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; 1996 The World is a Broken Mirror , Galerie Inge Baecker, Koln, Germany; Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany; Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany; Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; 1995 How Red Works, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada; Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; 1994 Gelb, Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, At Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada; 1993 Gallery Baecker, Cologne, Germany; The Return of the Cadavre Exquis...

"Lady Looking at Brian (Her Grandson)" Mixed media collage, assemblage, gestural painting on masonite. Hand Signed in ink and titled verso. It does not appear to be dated. I am estimating it is from the 1980's. It has some Postmodern elements and similarities to Transavanguardia is the Italian version of Neo-expressionism. Francie Bishop Good (American, 1949-) Francie Bishop Good was raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She currently lives and works in South Florida and New York City. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Bishop Good is twice recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, and the State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. She completed her Graduate Studies at Maine Media College, Rockport, Maine, International Center of Photography, New York, New York, Master of Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, B.F.A. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William Allen High School, studies under James Musselman Her museum solo shows include the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL, and the Hilliard Museum, Lafayette, LA. Bishop Good's work has been shown at David Castillo Gallery, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL. Griffin Museum of Photography, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, and AMbrosino Gallery. Recent museum acquisitions include Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, The Patricia & Philip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL and the NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Selected Group and Invitational Exhibitions NSU Art Museum, Remember to React: 60 Years of Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL Frost Art Museum, Connectivity: Selections from the Collection of the Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL Dual Roles, curated by Laura Marsh, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood FL David Castillo Gallery, gallery artists, in terms of collage, Miami Beach, FL Multidisciplinary, curated by Dimensions Variable, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Cornell Museum, Artistically Speaking, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL. People and Places, Photographs from the Collection, summer 2015 Frost Museum, FIU Miami FL, 25 Inches, The Faces of the Permanent Collection Locust Projects, Smash and Grab, November Annie Wharton Fine Art, Los Angeles group show, summer Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale ,The Art of Caring summer Women to Women, collaboration with Samantha Salzinger, Bakehouse Fredric Snitzer Gallery Boy oh Boy, Summer Show Miami A.I.R. Gallery, The Man I Wish I Was, curator Kharis Kennedy Photo Miami with Nina Arias, Miami, FL December Alva Gallery, New London, Ct Being Good: Women's Moral Values Art Basel with Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL 51st Venice Biennale, Italy Poles Apart / Poles Together, International Artists' Museum, White Box Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, FOCUS ON: New Photography, National Museum of Women in the Arts, FL Transitory Patterns Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL Optic Nerve Selected Collections Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Ct. Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL Frost Museum of Art, Miami Florida Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida Sagamore Hotel Collection, Miami Beach, Florida Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Refco Collection, Chicago, Illinois Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania New World Symphony Residence, Miami, Florida Art in Public Places, Broward County, Florida Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida William Gates III (Bill Gates) Monica and Richard Segal Saks Fifth Avenue Asides from being an exceptional artist she is also a passionate collector. Photographs by Cindy Sherman and the late Ana Mendieta, collages by Kara Walker, a watercolor by Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Tracey Emin, Teresita Fernandez, Carrie Mae Weems, Nan Goldin, Barbara Kruger, Catherine Opie, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Mickalene Thomas, and Kara Walker. are among 100 works by leading contemporary artists donated by philanthropists David Horvitz...

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