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For Immediate Release

For Immediate Release Untitled [Pulse], 1973 Acrylic and collage on canvas 28 3/4 x 18 1/8 inches Charles Pollock (1902-1988): Paintings from the 1970s ADAA ART SHOW Booth A 17 February 19 – 23, 2009 This installation coincides with: A solo exhibition of Charles Pollock’s work hosted by the Espace d'art Contemporain Fernet Branca in Saint- Louis, France, catalogue. (through May 24) Peggy Guggenheim and the New American Painting, a group exhibition including Charles Pollock’s work, hosted Arca Arte Vercelli, Italy, catalogue. (through March 1) The publication of Lettres américaines, 1927 – 1947, A Selection of Pollock family letters, Paris: Editions Grasset, January 2009 For this year’s ADAA Art Show, Jason McCoy Inc. is pleased to present a selected group of Charles Pollock’s paintings from the 1970s, as well as two works on paper from 1980. The works in this installation were made in 1973 and 1974, only a few years after Charles Pollock had settled in Paris with his wife and young daughter (1971). In these works, Charles Pollock continued his exploration of color and, in fact, made it his main focus. In this body of work, monochromatic grounds are contrasted with oval and rectangular shapes that are made with broad brushstrokes. Emanating a strong transcendental quality, these ethereal constructs seem to be floating in space, at once emergent from and receding into the surrounding atmosphere. Hinting at the underlying theme of existentiality, Pollock stated in 1965 that to him “color […was] the means by which a dialogue is possible between the painter and his world.” Born in 1902 in Denver, Colorado, Charles Pollock was the eldest of five boys (Marvin Jay, Frank Leslie, Sanford Leroy and Paul Jackson). He spent his childhood in the American West before his contact with the work of Max Weber, Orozco, Rivera and Thomas Hart Benton took him to New York in 1926. There, he studied at the Art Students’ League and soon became Benton’s assistant and friend. From 1938 to 1942, he was the Supervisor of Mural Painting and Graphic Arts for the Federal Arts Project (WPA) in Michigan. From 1942 to 1967, he taught at Michigan State University. In 1971 he moved to Paris, where he spent the last seventeen years of his life. He died in 1988 at the age of 85. Please contact the gallery at 212-319-1996 or [email protected] for further information. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 AM – 6 PM .

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