24 April-24 May 2014
George Schneeman: “Zig Zag Jag”
For over forty years, New York artist George Schneeman (1934-2009) painted iconic portraits of his family and friends both on canvas and in fresco. Concurrently, he created numerous collages from evocative fragments of printed ephemera, as well as little-known “collage copies”, intimate paintings on panel directly quoting the collages. These delicate works juxtapose two principle elements in what can be read as a form of visual poetry. Not coincidentally, Schneeman had profound ties to prominent poets of the second-generation New York School such as Ron Padgett, Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Ann Waldman, Larry Fagin, Maureen Owen, and Michael Brownstein, among others. These friendships resulted in numerous collaborations across disciplines. Schneeman’s work reflects the enduring spirit of Pop Art and its fundamental connection to language, placing him squarely in the pantheon of artists such as Joe Brainard and Ray Johnson.
Running simultaneously (22 April-20 September 2014) is the first major retrospective of George Schneeman’s work, “A Painter and His Poets: The Art of George Schneeman”, at Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282 as well as “Face Value”, a group exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, which includes the artist’s double portrait of poets Ron Padgett and Ted Berrigan.
(adapted from the gallery’s press materials)
INFORMATION
Pavel Zoubok Gallery
531 West 26th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10001 USA
(212) 675-7490
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-6PM
Image:
Zig Zag Jag
by George Schneeman
6.25″ diameter
collage
1986
Image courtesy of Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York