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INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION OF VISUAL ARTS AT THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS

MARCH 11 - APRIL 11, 2010
Thursdays through Sundays, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed for Easter (April 2-4)

John Grade Fold, 2008. Wood/resin, 36'' x 90'' diameter. Courtesy of Cynthia-Reeves, NY.

February 10, 2010 – Over 120 paintings, photographs, sculptures, and works on paper by 37 contemporary artists will be exhibited at the galleries of the American Academy of Arts and Letters on historic Audubon Terrace (Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets) from Thursday, March 11 through Sunday, April 11, 2010. Exhibiting artists were chosen from a pool of nearly 175 nominees submitted by the 250 members of the Academy, America’s most prestigious honorary society of architects, artists, writers, and composers.

The Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts will feature many works on view for the first time in New York, including sculptures by Judy Fox, John Grade, Anna Hepler, Leonid Lerman, Jane Rosen, and Jack Wax, and paintings by Gabrielle Bakker, Robert Barnes, Dan Gustin, Suzanne Joelson, Michael Knutson, Mary Putman, Lisa Sanditz, Gwen Strahle, and Mette Tommerup.


Robert Bordo The Point, 2009. Oil on canvas, 16” x 20”. Courtesy of Alexander and Bonin, NY.

Mark Grotjahn Untitled (Black Grape and Peacock Blue Butterfly Blue Violet Lake and Canary Yellow Butterfly Drawing in Two Parts Each Drawing 20 x 16 DO NOT SEPARATE 767), 2008. Colored pencil on paper, 20” x 16” each. Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery, NY.

Rebecca Campbell Daddy Daughter Date, 2008. Oil on canvas, 90” x 67”. Courtesy of Ameringer McEnery Yohe, NY.

Aaron Gilbert Teeth, 2009. Oil and mother of pearl on panel, 12 ¾” x 16”. Courtesy of the artist.

EXHIBITION ARTISTS

Painters and graphic artists: Gabrielle Bakker, Laura Battle, Robert Barnes, Robert Bordo, Rebecca Campbell, Suzanne Caporael, Beverly Fishman, Aaron Gilbert, Elliott Green, Mark Grotjahn, Dan Gustin, Suzanne Joelson, Michael Knutson, John Lees, Sangram Majumdar, Andrew Masullo, Mary Putman, Lisa Sanditz, Joseph Santore, Gwen Strahle, Dorothea Tanning, Mette Tommerup, Tom Uttech, John Wesley, Stanley Whitney, and Alexi Worth.

Photographers: William Christenberry and Lothar Osterburg.

Sculptors: Ethan Breckenridge, Anne Chu, Judy Fox, John Grade, Anna Hepler, Leonid Lerman, Jane Rosen, Julianne Swartz, and Jack Wax.


Lisa Sanditz Tangerine Town and Mold City, 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”. Courtesy of CRG Gallery, NY.

Jack Wax Outset, 2006. Glass, 16” x 16”. Courtesy of Reynolds Gallery, VA.

Lothar Osterburg Trailerpark, 2009. Two color photogravure, 11” x 11”. Courtesy of Moeller Fine Art, NY.

Andrew Masullo 5154, 2009. Oil on canvas, 16” x 20”. Courtesy of Feature Inc., NY.

The Academy's Art Awards and Purchase Programs

The Academy's art awards and purchase programs serve to acknowledge artists at various stages of their careers, from helping to establish younger artists to rewarding older artists for their accumulated body of work. Paintings and works on paper are eligible for purchase and placement in museum collections nationwide through the Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds. Works by Jim Nutt (The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY), Chris Martin (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL), Judy Linn (Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX), and Charles Gaines (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN) are among the twelve works purchased last year. Reginald Marsh and Guy Pene du Bois were some of the program's earliest beneficiaries. Since the purchase program’s founding in 1946, through the legacy of Childe Hassam, more than one thousand works have been purchased and donated to museums throughout the country.

Click here for more information about the awards program.

Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts

Admission Free
Dates   Thursday, March 11 through Sunday, April 11, 2010 (Closed for Easter, April 2-4)
Hours   Thursdays through Sundays, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location   Audubon Terrace on Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets
Directions   Subway: #1 to 157 Street; Bus: M4, M5 to 155 Street and Broadway

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