Charlie Hewitt Solo and Group Exhibitions
Join us on November 14th, 2024 from 6PM - 8PM for the opening of Charlie Hewitt’s solo exhibition, “New Paintings.”
We hope to see you there!
For Charlie Hewitt's 13th solo exhibition with Jim Kempner Fine Art, we present a new body of work that includes large canvases, prints, light sculptures and drawings, all inspired by doodles Hewitt has unconsciously drawn on his daily calendar pages for years and years while conducting his daily business affairs. These pieces feel almost spring loaded, as pipes twist and time bombs threaten detonation, their elements about to burst from the walls.
What I like best about them is that they are funny. I think there is an element of humor that comes from my doodles. It is hard to find that in art, and it is a big part of what art is about, for me.
-Charlie Hewitt
This exhibition will also include Hewitt's Hopeful light sculpture and the works of art created around this piece - all the seeds for his inspiring Hopeful Project that is now expanding rapidly throughout the country.
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Including artists, Christiane Baumgartner, Christopher Beane, Mel Bochner, Long-Bin Chen, Jeff Chyatte, Lin Emery, Rinaldo Frattolillo, Charlie Hewitt, Jasper Johns, Jay Kelly, Manuel Knapp, Suzanne Levesque, Jerry Mischak, David Mitchell, Jacob Ouillette, Robert Petersen, Jenna Pirello, Robert Rauschenberg, Kevin Scott, Boaz Vaadia, Jim Watt, Stanley Whitney and more!
7 DECADES | 42 ARTISTS IS A SORT OF HOMAGE TO THE RICH, REWARDING WORLD OF PRINTMAKING
Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to present an exhibition of recent prints by Charlie Hewitt. These relief prints - blends of woodcut and linocut - are a colorful celebration of the regional geography of the coast of Maine, where Hewitt grew up and now lives. Since the resurgence of the woodcut in the 1980's, Hewitt has cut and gouged his way into the very soul of the medium. The physicality of this body of work reflects Hewitt’s emotional connection to the regional landscape, as well as his appreciation for the tactility of the medium. Recognizable shapes of buoys, waves, and lighthouses create a narrative throughout the show. This imagery is part of Hewitt’s personal iconography and references some of the New England industry Hewitt remembers from his childhood. The prints were printed by master printer David Wolfe, of David Wolfe Editions.
All prints in this show are priced for challenging times. Each is available for $800.
Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to announce Silk Roads, an exhibition of Charlie Hewitt’s recent paintings. The exhibition will open Thursday, November 14th and will continue through December 22nd. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, November 14th from 6-8pm. Silk Roads will feature Charlie Hewitt’s largest paintings to date. The 84 x 60” and 60 x 108” paintings engulf the viewer in abstraction. Hewitt gains freedom and mobility working on a large scale. The paintings themselves are physical, dimensional bodies of vibrant color, whose sweeping images engage in conversation within the canvas and with each other.
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Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to announce Charlie Hewitt ELECTRIC DREAMS: Recent Paintings & Neon, the artist’s tenth solo show with the gallery. The exhibition will open Thursday, September 20th and continue through Sunday, November 4th. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, September 20th from 6-8 pm.
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Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to announce Charlie Hewitt: New Paintings, Sculpture & Ceramics, the artist’s ninth solo show with the gallery. The exhibition spanning two floors will open Thursday, September 15th and continue through Saturday, October 29th, 2016. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, September 15th from 6-8 pm.
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Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to announce its eighth solo exhibition with Charlie Hewitt, which will feature his most recent paintings and Chesapeake Rambler, a 20’ high aluminum sculpture in the gallery’s sculpture garden. The sculpture’s copper leaf cloud acts as a beacon, visible to the adjacent streets. White Light will be on display from October 23rd through December 6th, 2014. An opening reception with the artist will be held on October 23rd from 6-8 pm. A full-color catalogue will be available to accompany the show
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Opening reception for the artist Saturday, October 16th from 6-8pm.
Hewitt’s new steel sculptures painted in bright, gleaming hues of enamel reference the color-saturated iconic imagery of his earlier paintings and prints, while also building upon his previously sculpted works that are characterized by untreated granite and copper. However, where Hewitt once called upon the natural elements for aesthetics, his new body of work has emerged as a cooler, slicker, more modern cousin. Hewitt’s roots in Maine remain apparent in the symbology of the new sculptures, but the employment of enamel transplants the work into an utterly new realm, that of our fast-paced global environment.
Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Charlie Hewitt. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, November 8th from 6-8pm, and the show will continue through December 23rd. This will be Hewitt’s fifth solo exhibition at the gallery and the first appearance of his new steel sculptures painted in bright, gleaming hues of enamel.
Jim Kempner is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent prints and unique works on paper by Charlie Hewitt from June 2 through July 7. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 2 from 6-8 pm. The gallery is located at 501 West 23rd Street (entrance on Tenth Avenue). Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6, and Sunday by appointment.
Charlie Hewitt’s recent prints and paintings are physical, complex and layered, yet elegant and restrained. Hewitt has a strong graphic sensibility along with a poetic visual language. A painterly approach is apparent in these works, infusing the surface with evidence of the artist’s hand.
Featured in the exhibit will be “Grass Harp” 1, 2 & 3, a tour-de-force of aquatint, etching, and drypoint. “Grass Harp” is a richly colored, boldly rendered triptych that references nature as a celebration of life. The exhibition will include the original working drawings executed in oil, varnish, drypoint and collage.
This past year, the Whitney Museum acquired two major Hewitt prints for their collection: the large-scale, colorful “German Music I”, and the extraordinary drypoint “Heartland”.
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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.
