Jerald Melberg Gallery features a major exhibition of new drawings by New York artist Susan Grossman. Using charcoal and pastel, Grossman creates luminous, shimmering drawings of cityscapes. Grossman most often explores the streets of New York City, camera in hand, to capture her imagery. A cinematic quality radiates through flashes of color that the artist couples with strong compositional and perspectival effects.

The gallery is publishing a full-color catalogue with an essay by John O‘Hern to accompany this exhibition. In the essay, Mr. O’Hern writes, Susan Grossman’s love for the city and its theatrical effects of light, dark, wet, and movement inspires large-scale charcoal and pastel drawings that some liken to film noir movie stills. Black and white movies, especially the classics from the 40s and 50s, were masterpieces of lighting. Without the easiness of color, the cinematographers brilliantly nuanced light and shadow to great dramatic effect.

Susan Grossman earned a BA from Bennington College in 1981 and a MFA from Brooklyn College in 1988. She has taught at City College of New York and is currently teaching drawing at the National Academy School of Fine Arts.

This exhibition will be on view through May 19, 2012. For more information please contact the gallery at 704.365.3000. To view selected works online, visit the gallery’s web site at www.jeraldmelberg.com.

Link to a recent article about this exhibition:  http://www.knightarts.org/uncategorized/jerald-melberg-gallery-has-stunning-new-susan-grossman-drawing-exhibit