Exhibition - What’s New?

Forum Gallery is pleased to present What’s New?, our first exhibition of the Fall season spotlighting works new to the gallery. Dating from 1917 to the present, the exhibition will feature twenty-two oil paintings, watercolors, pastel and pencil works on paper by fourteen artists.

Peter Blume (1906-1992) was known for his exploration of grand themes of growth, metamorphosis, life, and death. His remarkable painting, Winter, 1964 (48” x 60”), the first of his monumental series on the four seasons, will be on view as well as vibrant expressionist abstractions from the 1950s by Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989), infused with her untamable energy; social realist observations from 1935 by Isabel Bishop (1902-1988); three visionary paintings by the inimitable Gregory Gillespie (1936-2000) created between 1974 and 1989 and not seen in public since entering private collections decades ago; and a lyrical pastel of a rural scene by Max Weber (1881-1961), the earliest work in the show and one you won’t want to miss!

What’s New? will present two watercolors from the 1960s by Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009). Each emblematic of Wyeth’s dedication to the depiction of the ever-changing rural American world in which he chose to live, they feature snowy wintertime scenes of Chadds Ford; one from neighbor Tom Clark’s property, and a second from the mill on Wyeth’s personal grounds, now a part of the Brandywine River Museum.

Our contemporary artists have been hard at work in the studio and we are pleased to share with you their newest creations including Rance Jones’ (b. 1965) largest watercolor to date, St. James Cathedral (30” x 39 ½”), a technical masterpiece and stunning expression of human achievement when moved by personal devotion; Linden Frederick’s (b. 1953) delightful new storyscape titled Weight of Winter (30” x 30”); and Alyssa Monks’ (b. 1977) recent figurative painting, Between Here and There (43” x 63”) infused with emotional and psychological gravitas.

Fresh from the studio is Tula Telfair’s (b. 1961) evocative new landscape painting that transports and envelops us, beckoning us to Come Closer (50” x 70”), as its title suggests; and Memento Mei (17 ½” x 17 ¼”), a gorgeous new poetic still life by G. Daniel Massad (b. 1946) who is known for his exquisite works in pastel.

Also recently through the doors of the gallery, we will present an arresting 1976 portrait by William Beckman (b. 1942) of his former wife Diana; a new absorbing, dreamlike narrative painting by Paul Fenniak (b. 1965); and two rare and illuminating paintings of vintage toys by Spanish artist César Galicia (b. 1957) that leap beyond representation to tell stories of contemporary life and the Artist’s process.

We hope you will stop by soon to see what’s new!

What’s New? opens on September 12th and continues through November 9th.

For a preview, we invite you explore our Online Viewing Room here.