 Blink oil, enamel & ink on canvas, 48" x 40" Jack Balas Paintings Jack the Pelican is pleased to present Jack Balas's New York solo debut. The fun of Jack Balas's paintings is the buff beach boys who frolic unselfconsciously in the surf. More poignant are his solitary figures gazing out into the vast sea. Inset into all the scenes are words and drawings that interject the private musings of the artist and his subjects. Bravura painting meets introspective mindstate. These multiple-figure compositions and landscapes are a studied reflection on solitude, longing and loss. Jack Balas lives in Colorado. A recipient in 1995 of an individual fellowship in painting from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is represented in the Kent Logan Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A portfolio of his paintings "Today I Drove Along the Rio Grande" was published in issue #120 of The Paris Review. His substantial career over the last 20 years includes seventeen solo shows. This is New York's first major introduction to his work. Exhibition: June 12 - July 11, 2004 Gallery hours: Fri-Mon 12 - 6pm Jack the Pelican Presents gallery Gallery 1 487 Driggs Avenue USA-Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Telephone +718 782 0183 Email Don@jackthepelicanpresents.com http://jackthepelicanpresents.com |
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