domingo, 1 de julho de 2012

Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series

Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #105, 1978. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 100-1/8 x 93-1-8". Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth; Museum Purchase, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Endowment Fund 
and The Burnett Foundation. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.



Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
30 jun 2012 a 23 set 2012


Richard Diebenkorn, Untitled No. 26, 1984. Gouache, acrylic, and crayon on paper, 24 x 38". Private collection; courtesy of Kim Hierston Art Advisory, New York. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.



Richard Diebenkorn: A Ocean Park Series, uma retrospectiva de uma das mais importantes personificações do trabalho em pintura abstrata norte-americana está a mostra na Costa Leste exclusivamente na Corcoran.

Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, a retrospective of one of the most important bodies of work in American abstract painting is on view on the East Coast exclusively at the Corcoran.



Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #138, 1985. Oil on canvas, 49-1⁄2 x 48-1⁄4". Private collection, courtesy Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York. ©The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.


A Ocean Park Series é a primeira grande exposição de museu a se concentrar nesta série influente, feita entre 1967 e 1988. A exposição apresenta cerca de 80 obras - grandes telas, pinturas feitas em pequenas tampas de caixas de charutos, mixed-media, desenhos em papel, monotipias e gravuras - reunidas pela primeira vez oferecendo um mergulho completo da série através dos variadoas meios com os quais Diebenkorn trabalhou.

The Ocean Park Series is the first major museum exhibition to focus on this influential series, made between 1967 and 1988. The exhibition features nearly 80 works — large-scale paintings, smaller paintings made on cigar box lids, mixed-media drawings on paper, monotypes, and prints — brought together for the first time to offer a full exploration of the series through the varied media in which Diebenkorn worked.



Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #43, 1971. Oil on canvas, 93 x 81". Collection of Gretchen and John Berggruen, San Francisco. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.


Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) foi uma figura central na história da pintura moderna. A Ocean Park series distingue-se por grandes pinturas luminosas construidas em cima de um sistema estruturado, com extensa camadas de tinta translúcida raspadas e retrabalhadas - processos que são perceptíveis ao espectador.

Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was a pivotal figure in the history of modern painting. The Ocean Park series is distinguished by large, luminous paintings that build upon a grid-like system, with extensive reworking and scraped layers of translucent paint — processes that are discernible to the viewer.



Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Prk #36, 1970. Oil on canvas, 93 x 81". Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach; Gift of David H. Steinmetz. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.

Suas obras sobre papel, incluindo gravuras, desenhos e colagens, são igualmente importantes, explorando o mesmo território visual, como as grandes telas.

His works on paper, including prints, drawings, and collages, are equally important, exploring the same visual territory as the large-scale canvases.


Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #79, 1975. Oil on canvas, 93 x 81". Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and with funds contributed by private donors, 1977. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.

Composta por painéis monumentais, geométricos de cor saturada, as pinturas etéreas e poderosas da Ocean Park series capturam a psicologia do lugar que definiu a costa da Califórnia durante este tempo e mostra as inovações e improvisações de um artista cuja obra inspirou legiões de artistas e avançou muito no léxico da abstração.

Consisting of monumental, geometric panes of saturated color, the ethereal and powerful paintings in the Ocean Park series capture the psychology of place that defined the California coast during this time and showcase the innovations and improvisations of an artist whose work inspired legions of artists and greatly advanced the lexicon of abstraction.


Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #16, 1968. Oil on canvas, 92-1⁄2 x 76". Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Jane Bradley Pettit. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.


"Estas obras são investigações poderosas de espaço, luz, composição, e os princípios fundamentais da arte moderna, reunindo conceitos forjados por artistas como Henri Matisse e Pablo Picasso", disse Philip Brookman, curador-chefe e diretor de pesquisa do Corcoran, de coordenação curador da exposição.

"These works are powerful investigations of space, light, composition, and the fundamental principles of modern abstraction, bringing together concepts forged by artists like Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso," said Philip Brookman, chief curator and head of research at the Corcoran, coordinating curator of the exhibition.


Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #27, 1970. Oil on canvas, 100 x 81". Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Roebling Society and Mr. and Mrs. William K. Jacobs, Jr. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.


"Diebenkorn investigou a tensão entre o mundo real e sua própria paisagem interior para produzir alguns dos trabalhos mais inovadores, influentes e atemporais da arte durante este período decisivo de sua carreira.

"Diebenkorn investigated the tension between the real world and his own interior landscape to produce some of the most innovative, influential, and timeless works of art during this decisive period of his career.



Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #83, 1975. Oil on canvas, 100 x 81". Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Museum Purchase with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the William A. Clark Fund, and Mary M. Hitchcock 1975.30. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.

Estas não são paisagens ou interiores arquitetônicos, mas abstrações topograficamente enraizadas nas quais um sentido da luz distorcida surge através do processo de pintura. "

These are not landscapes or architectural interiors but topographically rooted abstractions in which a sense of the skewed light and place of that time emerges through the painting process."


Richard Diebenkorn, Cigar Box Lid #4, 1976. Oil on wood, 8-3⁄8 x 7-1⁄8". The Grant Family Collection. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn


A curadora da exposição  Sarah C. Bancroft, explica: "É uma oportunidade rara e única de trazer para um público mais amplo esta obra bem conhecida mas ainda pouco exposta, e é minha sincera esperança de que aqueles que visitem a exposição irão experimentar a desenfreada alegria, a calma e contemplação que essas obras estelares podem oferecer. "

Exhibition curator Sarah C. Bancroft explains, "It is a rare and unique opportunity to bring to a broader audience this well-known yet under-exhibited body of work, and it is my sincere hope that those who visit the exhibition will experience the riotous calm, joy, and contemplation that these stellar works can offer."


Richard Diebenkorn, Green, 1986. Color aquatint, spit bite aquatint, soap ground aquatint, and drypoint on Somerset paper. Image: 45 x 35-3⁄8"; Sheet: 53-3⁄4 x 40-3⁄4". Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Crown Point Press Archive, Gift of Crown Point Press. ©The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.


Os visitantes terão a oportunidade de ver a exposição gratuitamente todos os sábados livres do verão desde o Memorial Day (26 de maio) até o fim de semana do Dia do Trabalho (1 de setembro).

Visitors have the opportunity to view the exhibition for free every Saturday during the Corcoran’s popular Free Summer Saturdays from Memorial Day (May 26) weekend through Labor Day (September 1) weekend.


Richard Diebenkorn, Untitled, 1986. Charcoal and ink on paper, 17-5⁄8 x 37-1⁄8". The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Denise and Andrew Saul Fund and purchase, 1988. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.




Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park #38, 1971. Oil on canvas, 100-1⁄8 x 81". The Phillips Collection, Gift of Gifford and Joann Phillips. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.


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