January 2nd - 26th, 2008

Main Gallery

Light, Time and Motion:
The Paintings of Tibor Freund

Tibor Freund Exhibition Information

Project Room

Brett Baker : Forms of Face

Brett Baker Exhibition Information

Opening Reception for both exhibitions:

Thursday, January 10, 2008, 6-9 PM

Please join The Painting Center Thursday January 10, 2008 for the opening reception for Light Time and Motion: The Paintings of Tibor Freund in the Main Gallery and Brett Baker: Forms of Face in the Project Room.

The exhibition Light, Time and Motion: Paintings by Tibor Freund is part of the re-discovery and the re-evaluation of this mid-twentieth century artist. Freund’s interest in kinetics, luminosity, space, temporality, and surface place him in a high profile, international, artistic community. One thinks of the iron sculptures of Jean Tinguely; the grids of Victor Vasarely; the Op works of Bridget Riley. Perhaps what sets Freund apart from his better-known colleagues is that his paintings emphasize nature, body, even objecthood; they convey a ringing physicality.

Accompanying the exhibition will be an essay by Lynn Crawford, editor, art critic and poet. A retrospective monograph of Tibor Freund’s work, authored by art critic, poet and essayist, John Yau, will be published by Hard Press Editions in 2008.

In the Project Room Brett Baker's recent small paintings physically address the viewer, asserting themselves in real, rather than fictive space. About his work Baker writes: “Above all I seek a separate, poetic whole that faces the viewer with presence and clarity – alive in the insistent, evident humanity of its construction.”

We hope to see you there!