Jim Kempner is pleased to announce "HueLess," an exhibition of black and white prints by Ellsworth Kelly, Brice Marden, Richard Serra, Lucian Freud, Cy Twombly, Howard Hodgkin, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and others, from November 4 through December 2. Continuing in a long tradition in the history of print making when Durer first printed black ink on light colored paper, contemporary artists are still enthralled with the richness and varying tones of black contrasted with white. Focusing on shape, surface and line, the works in this exhibition will include, woodcuts, etchings, lithographs and silkscreens . The gallery is located at 501 West 23rd Street at Tenth Avenue (nearest subways are the C,E at 23rd and 8th Avenue). Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6, Sunday by appointment. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.artnet.com/jkfa.html.
Featured in the exhibition will be Brice Marden's 12 Views for Caroline Tatyana,1977-79, a stunning portfolio of etchings with aquatint inspired by ancient Greek architecture, which play with the contrasts between light and dark and solid and void, and Richard Serra's lushly textured Jump Start, 1996. Other highlights will include Rank, 1964, one of the early stone lithographs by Robert Rauschenberg that accompanied the Dante's Inferno portfolio; Andy Warhol's Shoes, 1980, a luxurious black and white screenprint with diamond dust; and a rare Twombly lithograph from 1971 with his signature mark making.