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Dear Friends,
Fall 2008 is an active period for Peter Forakis, with 2 ground-breaking exhibitions opening in September and October. Please visit if you can.
Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York
The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
September 28, 2008 – January 18, 2009
This fall the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, presents a groundbreaking exhibition of work by artists associated with the Park Place Gallery, a prominent artists' cooperative space in 1960s New York. Peter Forakis and 9 other artists comprised the group (sculptors Mark di Suvero, Robert Grosvenor, Anthony Magar, Forrest Myers, and painters Dean Fleming, Tamara Melcher, David Novros, Edwin Ruda, and Leo Valledor) and Paula Cooper served as the gallery's director for most of its existence. With their specific aesthetics, the group was often at odds with the predominant style of many artists of the 1960s. Organized by the Blanton in collaboration with the University of Texas College of Fine Arts, the exhibition features approximately 40 works and examines the impact of this little known but influential cadre of artists.
http://blantonmuseum.org/works_of_art/exhibitions/park_place/index.cfm?d=1&nn=7
Timeless Geometry: The Art of Peter Forakis (works from 1960-2008)
Exhibition: October 4- November 8, 2008
Opening reception: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 4-7 PM
Togonon Gallery is proud to present “Timeless Geometry: The Art of Peter Forakis (works from 1960-2008)” coinciding with the exhibition “Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York” at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas. Gallery Director, Julina Togonon comments: “Both the museum and the gallery exhibitions will spotlight the five decades of Forakis’ prolific avant-garde art making career.” The Togonon Gallery show will include an impressive selection of small and medium-scale sculptures and a video of Forakis’ major works installed in various parts of the U.S. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog with introductions by Mark diSuvero and Chuck Ginnever and an essay by arts writer D. Scott Atkinson.
http://www.togonongallery.com/pressreleases/ForakisPressRelease.htm |
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