Veröffentlicht am 05.11.2015
Before
visiting the gallery, James Kalm had doubts about the pairing of these
two disparate painters, but…though they're separated by more than just
time, and inclination, this show hangs together beautifully, and
presents those kinds of contrasts that allows one to appreciate each
artist's distinctions. After many years of painting in obscurity, Louis
Eilshemius was discovered at the Independent Artists Exhibition in 1917
by Marcel Duchamp. Although he relinquished painting in the early 1920s
his legend floated on locally until a recent uptick in his critical
caché. Bob Thompson arrived in New York as Abstract Expressionism was
playing out. He moved within a group of innovative artists and
musicians, and received early recognition for his painterly skills
before an untimely early death due to an overdose.
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