The Banks Gallery will reopen after nearly 4 months following the Daniel St fire of June 30th, 2013. The gallery sustained facilities damage requiring extensive renovations. Two exhibitions will highlight the reopening, Postwar Abstraction, featuring a collection of paintings by American artists at the forefront of the avant garde during the 1950’s through the 1980’s. Also opening will be Visions in Granite III, featuring 19th century paintings of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Visions in Granite III is the third installment of continuing exhibitions by The Banks Gallery to focus on the Hudson River School painters who lived and painted in the White Mountains. The opening reception for both exhibitions will be held on Thursday October 24th, 2013 from 5-7PM. The shows will conclude on Saturday January 4th, 2014.
Postwar Abstraction will focus on both abstract expressionism and geometric abstraction, which were championed in the 1950s by the New York School. These initial works were created by a small group of artists who had fled Europe during World War II to seek refuge in America. Their work dramatically changed the direction of American Art and placed America, and New York City, as the new center of contemporary art.
Postwar Abstraction will focus on both abstract expressionism and geometric abstraction, which were championed in the 1950s by the New York School. These initial works were created by a small group of artists who had fled Europe during World War II to seek refuge in America. Their work dramatically changed the direction of American Art and placed America, and New York City, as the new center of contemporary art.
Some of the countries greatest Postwar Abstract painters are included in this exhibition, such as: James Brooks, Elaine De Kooning, Robert De Niro Sr. Sam Francis, Michiel Gloecker, Hans Hoffman, Stephen Pace, Ludwig Sander, Ralph Coburn, Jack Roth, Hanns Beckman, Wolf Kahn, Sol Lewitt, George McNeil, Paul Resika, Manuel Neri, and John Little.
Visions in Granite III will be an exhibition and sale of works from a prominent New Hampshire collection, which were assembled during the past two decades. The exhibition will include over 20 paintings by the most sought after artists of the White Mountain painters, such as Benjamin Champney, Frank Henry Shapleigh, Samuel Lancaster Gerry, and Edward Hill.
Visions in Granite III will be an exhibition and sale of works from a prominent New Hampshire collection, which were assembled during the past two decades. The exhibition will include over 20 paintings by the most sought after artists of the White Mountain painters, such as Benjamin Champney, Frank Henry Shapleigh, Samuel Lancaster Gerry, and Edward Hill.
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