Jim Kempner Fine Art will present , Half Moons & White Nights, an exhibition of new mixed media works on paper and canvas, along with recent sculpture by Charlie Hewitt from March 7 to April 5, 1998. Drawing on a rich vocabulary of overt and private imagery, in these new works Hewitt, juxtaposes layers, deconstructs and adds line, shape and texture to create works on paper and canvas that have been drawn on painted, collaged and sewn. It will be his second solo exhibition at Jim Kempner Fine Art. The gallery is located at 501 West 23 Street . Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10-6; and Sunday from 12-5.
Hewitt's process starts with drawn or constructed images which are developed and then translated into compelling visual assimilations. They are then blown up four times their original size and laser printed onto canvas or acetate, which he then layers for dimension and depth. The replicated image is further manipulated by either adding to it, editing or deconstruction.
Charlie Hewitt's work is in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NY; New York Public Library, NY; Brooklyn Museum; Chase Manhattan Bank, NY; Chemical Bank; Library of Congress, NY; Hood Museum, Hanover, NH; Bowdoin College, ME; Portland Museum of Art, ME; the Weatherspoon Museum, Greenboro, NC; and many others.
He has had solo exhibitions at Vinalhaven Press, NY; M-13, NY; Nancy Margolis, NY; SUNY Gallery in Binghamton; and has been in numerous group exhibitions. Among them are those at The Sculpture Center, NY; Jersey City Museum, NJ; Vinalhaven Press, Fletcher Priest, MA, Dartmouth College,MA; Michael Walls Gallery, NY; The Sculpture Center, NY; Jersey City Museum, NJ; and the Greenville Museum of Art, SC.