We are first introduced to the symbolic monochrome used by the Spiral Group, in which Romare Bearden drains the colour from his signature collage work and embraces the then new technology
of the photostat.
Project Gallery: Romare Bearden features a series
of photostat Projections produced by the artist in 1964.
Distinguished Columbia University Professor Robert O'Meally will discuss the work of Romare Bearden and his series
of photostat projections which were produced in 1964 and are currently on view at PAMM.
[3] Building on the momentum from a successful exhibition
of his photostat pieces at the Cordier and Ekstrom Gallery in 1964, Bearden was invited to do a solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., which increased his public profile.
Not exact matches
Note that these are actual replicas
of the originals, along with stamps, watermarks etc. - not just
photostats.
For reproduction purposes nothing more than a
photostat in black and white
of the original strip was required (composed
of black ink on white paper).
The importance
of having proper paperwork to back up the listing was emphasized: «Barb (the Registrar at the time) stresses that dogs can not be included in these listings unless
photostat copies
of certifications are received by her.
Romare Bearden's collage is typically associated as beginning with his groundbreaking 1964 photomontage and
photostats, coming out
of his particpation with the Spiral Group.
Romare Bearden (1911 - 1988) The Prevalence
of Ritual: Conjur Woman, 1964 gelatin silver print (
Photostat) on fiberboard 35 1/8» x 28»
To hone his composition skills, Bearden made duplicates
of European masterworks on a
Photostat machine.
So,
of course, would his familiarity with the
photostat machine, and the socially conscious Expressionism he'd imbibed from George Grosz at the Art Students League in the 1930s.
A large
photostat projection adapted from a small collage, the work is featured in «Project Gallery: Romare Bearden,» an exhibition
of 21 black - and white - works the artist produced in 1964, which is on view through June 26.
Geometrical rigor and the mechanical application
of matter in accordance with a minimalist structure
of verticals and horizontals reveal, to the attentive eye,
photostats of his birth certificate, pages from the single address book he kept from the seventies to the nineties and most recently, photographs
of his birth house in Mississippi.
Barbara Kruger: Untitled (Your gaze hits the side
of my face), 1983,
photostat, red painted wood frame, 55 1/4 by 40 7/8 inches.
In addition to guerilla receptions on the street, this exhibition highlights the so - called «alternative spaces» where different versions and different printings
of Holzer's posters also appeared in installations
of window - bound, street - facing
Photostats that were accompanied by sound installations: these included Franklin Furnace (1978), Fashion Moda (Bronx)(1979), and Printed Matter (1979).
Intended as a publication maquette, the original pasteup (owned by the Metropolitan Museum
of Art) is composed
of eighteen 8 1/2 x 11 «sheets
of paper collaged with xeroxed photos and texts, typed text on notebook pages, handwriting, and tape; in the version exhibited here, these pages were reproduced as
photostats on nine 20 x 24» panels.
It issues a formal citation
of the artist's date pieces, rectangular
photostats dominated by a dense, funerary black void, and accompanied by a compact series
of white captions at the bottom
of the image.
The Word «Definitio,» (1966 - 1968), an early
Photostat enlargement
of a dictionary entry for the word — definition; ‖ and Lawrence Weiner's A 36» x 36» Removal to the Lathing or Support Wall
of a Plaster or Wallboard from the Wall (1968), a work which, according to the artist's statement, can be fabricated or can simply exist as language.
The exhibition features large black - and - white photographic images
of collages, «
photostat projections,» produced by Romare Bearden in 1964, including «Evening 9: 10 461 Lenox Avenue.»
The treat
of the show, Untitled (Don't Buy Us with Apologies)(1986), is a deceptively quieter work in a two - tone yellowish - white and black
Photostat image with red text to match the «artist frame.»
On February 21st, Cardi Gallery (organised in collaboration with the Estate
of Fred Sandback) presents a solo exhibition
of 8 sculptures, drawings and
photostats by the American artist Fred Sandback,...
During this time he studied at the School
of Visual Arts while also pursuing his interest in design at Seventeen magazine, where he did paste - ups, mechanicals, and
photostats.
Robert Smithson, The Fountain Monument — Bird's Eye View [illustrated above] Detail
of Monuments
of Passaic, 1967 Six photographs and a cut
Photostat map Total size: 16.55 x 133.39 in.
The main protagonist
of Cornell's Juan Gris series is a bird — the great white - crested cockatoo — specifically, an image taken from a 19th - century print
of the species that Cornell repeatedly used along with
Photostats or silhouettes
of the bird's form to explore the fascinating shadows that Gris produced in his own practice.