George Vranesh: Kaleidoscopic Modernism

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Hollis Taggart Galleries is pleased to present George Vranesh: Kaleidoscopic Modernism at their E. 64th Street location, on display from September 5 - October 20, 2017. George Vranesh’s superb color abstractions embody the spirit of mid-century style. Vast landscapes, city streets, and domestic scenes illustrate his deep understanding of modernist compositional balance. Though he was born in 1926, Vranesh’s aesthetic affinities lie with an earlier generation of painters, that of Milton Avery, Stuart Davis, Ralston Crawford, and Will Barnet. In the mid-1950s he studied under Barnet at the Art Students League, honing the nuances of color harmonies that hover between abstraction and representation.

Though he was based in New York, he spent summers throughout his later career in Newport, Rhode Island, where carefree hours spent at the nearby harbor and the seaside begat paintings infused with the joy of the warmer months. Sea and sky blues dance across these compositions with pink, yellow, and sand, each color placed in perfect harmony with the next. Vranesh worked in both organic and geometric abstraction, evoking, in turn, the sinuous curves of ocean waves and the fractured light of a bright, hot day.  These, like all of his works, are grounded in an active examination of the natural world and organized according to the artist’s keen compositional sense. Considered both abstractly and figuratively, Vranesh’s paintings offer layered, symbolic images that communicate the subtleties of his kaleidoscopic modernism.

Reception: Tuesday, September 5, 6-8pm

• Contact:
• Ellis Kelleher
• 64th@hollistaggart.com
• 6465919631