FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 12, 2013 Meredith Ward Fine Art Contact: Shania Naderipour Tel: 212-744-7306 JOSEPH FIORE: PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER April 19 – May 24, 2013 Meredith Ward Fine Art presents Joseph Fiore: Paintings and Works on Paper, the first major solo exhibition since the artist’s death in 2008. It is also the inaugural exhibition marking Meredith Ward Fine Art’s representation of the Joseph Fiore estate. Fiore’s paintings works on paper are extraordinary—innovative, distinctive, penetrating, confident, and full of surprises. Fiore moves freely between representational and symbolic imagery, defying the usual categories. His skill is particularly evident in paintings like the monumental Wetlands, 1979, a gorgeous, lush view of the Maine coast in which we see echoes of his symbolic works in the delineation of rocks, grass, sea, and sky. It is a privilege to exhibit this overview of Fiore’s work, and to re-introduce him to his New York audience. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with an essay by Rackstraw Downes. Wetlands, 1979, oil on canvas, 40 1/2 x 48 inches Joseph Fiore was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1925. He attended Black Mountain College from 1946-1948 where he studied under Josef Albers and his classmates included Ilya Bolotowsky, Willem de Kooning, and others. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute from 1948-1949. His work has been collected by Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, Asheville, North Carolina, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, among others. Fiore lived in New York and Maine, and died in 2008. Niger, 1992, oil on canvas, 38 x 30 inches About the Gallery: Meredith Ward Fine Art is located at 44 East 74th St. in New York City and is open Tuesday- Friday, 10am to 5pm, Saturday by appointment. For more information or images, contact Shania Naderipour at 212-744-7306 or [email protected]. ### .