Arthur Miller commanded “Attention must be paid” and in these meticulously observed images, the artist does exactly that. His middle American subjects have been buffeted by a sea of troubles, sometimes of their own causing. Jerins brilliantly and movingly captures friends and family members at a moment when all denial has been stripped away. There is no irony here, no flippant art world in-jokes, no smug condescension and certainly no sentimentality. Jerins shows us the redemptive power of suffering, the quiet heroism of the American spirit, and our refusal to give up no matter the odds against us. The difficulties his subjects have with relationships, money, health, aging, substance abuse, violence, and death are part of the human condition that we Americans all know too well. With unflinching honesty and the kind of empathy only known by fellow travelers, Edgar Jerins brings a new realism to American art. His art is not just about life, it is life.
Open Studios EFA
I have a studio here at the Elizabeth Foundation, studio 405. I’m teaching Thursday evening at the New York Academy of Art, so Alana will be here at the studio. I will at the studio on Friday and Saturday.
This is a very fun event with over a hundred artists participating. Open and free to the public with wine and snacks!
Minneapolis Institute of Art
These are the two drawings acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art 2016.
The Artists Family; "We Have to Move" charcoal 60 x 96
David and Anita Visiting Daina charcoal 60 x 96
Gallery 1516 Omaha, Nebraska, "Friends of Kent"
I have four drawings and a painting of Kent Bellows in this show that is up through January 1st, 2016.
"Donkeys Around Town" project
Artists are painting fiberglass donkeys to represent the US states and territories. They will be placed throughout Philadelphia for the Democratic Party Convention, July 1st - September 5th 2016. The Kansas donkey will be at Logan Square, and the Nebraska donkey will be on view in front of Suzanne Roberts Theatre on Broad Street.
ACA Galleries
Dear Edgar and Alana,
ACA Galleries is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition PAPER THROUGH THE AGES featuring works on paper from the 19th century to the present.
Works on paper demand a high level of skill. The very fragility of paper requires a deftness of hand and finesse of media, be it pencil, ink, charcoal, watercolor, or varieties of printmaking. The challenge —and elegance— of works on paper has lured artists for centuries, but only the very best have proved worthy of assuming a place in the history of art. This exhibition showcases some of the artists who have earned a place in that canon.
The show takes us through the twentieth century and into our own time. ACA Galleries’ exhibition PAPER THROUGH THE AGES reveals the power and subtlety, brashness and discipline, and most of all the skill and vision, of some of America’s finest artists.
Including: George Ault, Peggy Bacon, George Bellows, Isabel Bishop, Hyman Bloom, Oscar Bluemner, Peter Blume, Ilya Bolotowsky, Charles Burchfield, David Burliuk, C.K. Chatterton, Konrad Cramer, Matthew Daub, Lyonel Feininger, Tsugouharu Foujita, William Gropper, Richard Hambleton, Grace Hartigan, Robert Henri, Edgar Jerins, Rockwell Kent, Walt Kuhn, Jack Levine, Jan Matulka, Thomas Moran, Francis Louis Mora, Faith Ringgold, Joseph Stella, Bradley Theodore and Abraham Walkowitz, among others.
IMAGE CAPTIONS
1. Abraham Walkowitz, Argentina, Watercolor on paper, 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
2. Peggy Bacon, Just Right For Father, ca 1930, Ink on paper, 11 x 9 in.
3. Richard Hambleton, Rodeo, Acrylic on paper mounted on bpard, 24 x 18 in.
4. Edgar Jerins, Adam Bomb, Claire, Darian and Blaze, Charcoal on paper, 61 x 102 in.
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