News from Jason McCoy, Inc.
Jason McCoy Inc. is pleased to share with you the following good news concerning gallery artists:
KEVIN R. BRINE. We are pleased to announce that Kevin R. Brine is now represented by Jason McCoy Inc. Kevin graduated from University of Wisconsin, Madison with a BA in 1975, majoring in South Asian Studies. From 1970 to 1973 he practiced the craft of blacksmithing at the Rochester Folk Art Guild. After settling in New York City in 1976, Brine worked with blacksmith shops in Tribeca and Long Island City before joining Sanford C Bernstein & Co., Inc. (1978-2000). He studied under Graham Nickson at the New York Studio School in 2001. Kevin R. Brine works and lives in New York City and Watermill, Long Island.
CORA COHEN. In 2006, Cora was a recipient of the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award. “Far Less Tangible States of Being, Cora Cohen’s altered x rays, drawings, and photographs” by Lauri Bortz was published in August. On October 24, 2006, Cora will give a lecture on her work at the New York Studio School at 6:30 pm. Her upcoming exhibitions in 2007 include Photographs and Altered x rays at Abaton Garage, Jersey City, New Jersey; Drawings at Galerie Markus Winter, Berlin, Germany; and an exhibition of recent paintings at Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York; as well as No Words And Words On Paper, a group exhibition organized by Sam Jedig of Stalke Kirke Sonnerup, Denmark.
LIZ DI GIORGIO. Liz recently participated in “Stilled Life”, an exhibition held at The Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY. It ran from June 29 to September 11 and was curated by Daria Brit Shapiro. From October 20 to December 1, Liz’s work will be shown at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, featuring selected works of the college faculty.
VIRGIL GROTFELDT. Virgil has had several exhibitions this year, including at Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX (February) and Houston Contemporary Art at the Museum of Shanghai, China, which was curated by Gus Kapriva and Christopher Zhu (July 23 – August 6, 2006). A bilingual catalogue, with an extensive essay by Christopher Zhu was published. In May, Virgil’s work was featured at the Amsterdam art fair, by Galarie Luca, Zaltbommel. Upcoming exhibitions include a two-person show with Houston sculptor Merideth Jack at the Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, TX, featuring a group of Virgil’s large bronzepowder paintings from 1991 to 2004 (opening, November 3, 2006).
TERRELL JAMES. Terrell’s 2006 projects include Drawing into Painting, at Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR, which featured a large wall installation, reviewed in the Oregonian (March); a talk on the artist Tam Van Tran entitled TAM VAN TRAN: PSYCHONAUT, held at Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX (June); Three, US, at Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong (July); and Houston Contemporary Art at the Museum of Shanghai, China, which was curated by Gus Kapriva and Christopher Zhu (July 23 – August 6, 2006). A bilingual catalogue, with an extensive essay by Christopher Zhu was published. In September, her work will be featured in Abstract Painting, held at the Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX and curated by Director Anne Allen.
MARTIN KLINE. On November 2, 2006, Martin Kline’s new exhibition entitled “Made in Japan” will open at the gallery, featuring works completed during his Atlantic Pacific Fellowship in Miyakonojo. A catalogue accompanies the exhibition, which runs through December 16th. The English version of Monochromes, the accompanying catalog to the group exhibition in 2004 at the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, which was curated by Barbara Rose and included Martin’s work, has just been published by the University of California Press. The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, will host the exhibition Martin Kline, Recent Painting and Sculpture, February 1st through April 10, 2007.
LI-LAN. In November, Lin & Keng Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan, will host Unfinished Journey, an exhibition of Li-lan’s work from November 18th – December 7th. An extensive catalogue with a foreword by Christine Y. Kim and an essay by Scarlet Cheng will be published on this occasion. The catalogue will celebrate three decades of Li-lan’s work by presenting works and writings from the 1970s to the present. In addition, Joyce Brodsky’s book entitled Experiences of Passage: The Paintings of Yun Gee and Li-lan, is scheduled to be published by the University of Washington Press, in the fall of 2007.
GEORGE NEGROPONTE. We congratulate George and Virva on the birth of their son Viggo Paul Negroponte who was born on September 16 at 9.40 pm. In spring 2007, George will have an exhibition of new works on paper at P37 Gallery in Athens, Greece (March 15th - April 21, 2007).
ESTATE OF FREDERICK KIESLER (1890-1965). Jason McCoy Inc. is currently casting Frederick Kiesler’s sculpture “Bucephalus” at the Polich Art Works foundry. In order to bring this elaborate project to life, we are honored to be working with Kiesler’s longtime studio assistant Len Pitkowsky.
CHRISTIAN VINCENT. The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, located in Kansas City, MO, recently purchased a major painting by Christian. Christian’s current exhibition at the gallery, which runs through October 28, was reviewed by John Goodrich for The New York Sun on September 21, 2006.
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