Jacobson Howard Gallery-Ronald Bladen
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Ronald Bladen (1918-1988) is considered one of the founders of Minimalism, but he was also a self-proclaimed romantic. His interest in monumental scale and simple form was less a product of conceptual reductionism, but rather, of an interest in the drama which such forms can inspire. He was interested in the “presence” of a work of art. The solidity and simplicity of his work was intended to reinforce its stature, to stabilize and ground itself as the viewer shifts position.
Having evolved out of Abstract Expressionism, Bladen continued throughout his career to seek a kind of transcendent or sublime response from his work. He continued to relate it – in contrast or in likeness – to natural phenomena, more so than those artists whom he influenced, including Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Sol LeWitt, and Al Held.
Bladen’s work was included in several seminal exhibitions in the 1960’s, including “Primary Structures” at the Jewish Museum in 1966, and “Scale as Content” at the Corcoran Gallery of art in 1967 (seen above). He was most recently the subject of a major retrospective at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in 1999.
Loretta Howard, formerly of Ameringer/Howard/Yohe Gallery, was also a longtime director of the Andre Emmerich Gallery. She has earned a reputation as a secondary market specialist in classic contemporary art of the post-war era. Bernard Jacobson is one of London's leading dealers. His Cork Street gallery specializes in Modern British and American art. He founded Modern Painters magazine and 21 Publishing. Jacobson Howard Gallery brings together their expertise in post-war American and British painting and sculpture. Jacobson Howard is known for curating exhibits which contextualize and draw attention to significant artists of the 1960s and 1970s. The gallery regularly presents both contemporary one-person and historical exhibitions.
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