HARRY ROSEMAN: CLAY CLOTH SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER 
EXTENDED THROUGH MAY 3, 2014
Plum
Fired clay, epoxy and acrylic paint, 21 13/16 x 16 inches [irreg.]
Signed and dated (on back, in pencil): © Harry Roseman 2011
Executed in 2011
R-447

Purple draped napkin, hanging from top corner
Light and dark grey trangles with small marks intersecting densely in a rectangle
Mark IX
Black ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches
Executed in 1990
R-138
Two teal draped clothes, one on wall and at right on circle
Teal
​Painted fired clay, 23 1/4 x 40 x 3/4 inches
Executed in 2005-2006
Purple cloth with white edges folded down
Blueberry
​Painted fired clay, 20 x 20 1/4 x 1/2 inches
​Executed in 2006
Private Collection
Orange cloth, folded diagonally with long side at top
Mandarin Orange
Painted fired clay, 22 1/2 x 20 x 3/4 inches
Executed in 2004
Yellow cloth, folded diagonally with long side at top
Naples Yellow
​Painted fired clay, 22 1/2 x 20 x 3/4 inches
Executed in 2004
Three orange circles: top left circle, more detailed circle at right and draped cloth at bottom
Ginger
​Painted fired clay, 42 x 44 x 3/4 inches
Executed in 2005-2006
Flat paper drawn to look like crumpled paper
Stationery #1
Black ink on paper, 9 x 7 3/8 inches
Executed in 1988
R-88

Small marks with off center vertical line of dense marks
​Mark II
​Ink on paper, 8 1/2 x11 inches
​Executed in 1990
R-131
Medium gray with intersecting white lines on white paper
Mark III
Colored pencil and ink on paper, 17 x 13 9/16 inches
​Executed in 1990
R-132
Light and dark marks on white paper
Mark VI
Black and blue ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches
Executed in 1990
R-135

Green and black marks in rectangle
Black and white marks in abstract shape on off-white paper
Mark 1A
Acrylic on paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches
Executed in 1991
R-169
Mark 2A
Acrylic on paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches
Executed in 1991
R-170

Black and white vertical lines
Top to Bottom
Ink on paper, 10 9/16 x 14 15/16 inches
Executed in 2008
R-452

The exhibition will consist of about ten brightly colored clay cloth sculptures and fifteen works on paper ranging in date from 1988 until 2014. 

For many years, ROSEMAN (born 1945) has explored the illusionistic depiction of drapery and its inherent contrast of hard and soft. The most visible demonstration of this theme is currently installed at the International Arrivals Terminal at Kennedy Airport in New York City. Now facing possible destruction, his 600-foot long relief sculpture, Curtain Wall, has been on permanent public display since its 2001 completion. Many of the works in the show are an outgrowth of that project, such as Plum, 2011, which capture the draping, folds and movement of the original Curtain Wall on a smaller scale. 

Also on view will be preparatory drawings for the exhibition “Enfold” at Nancy Margolis Gallery (2011), in which Roseman pushed this theme further into illusion with the introduction of new media. These drawings provide a window into Roseman’s process of visual dislocation. In addition, a 1990 weave pattern etching and a number of finely detailed, geometric ink drawings, including Mark IX, 1990, will also be on view. 

Roseman’s work is represented in many public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Cincinnati Museum of Art, Ohio; the Museum of Contemporary Art/San Diego, La Jolla, California; the Philadelphia Art Museum, Pennsylvania; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

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