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James Barsness Fox Hollow Road

James Barsness
Fox Hollow Road
1998
mixed media, collage on paper mounted on panel
25 x 39 1/2 inches; 26 1/2 x 41 framed
JBARd 39

 

James Barsness There Was a Farmer Had a Dog

James Barsness
There Was a Farmer Had a Dog
1999
acrylic, ink, gold leaf, collage on canvas
74 x 97 1/2 inches
JBARp 23

James Barsness Untitled (Family Tree)

James Barsness
Untitled (Family Tree)
1998
acrylic, ink, collage on paper mounted on canvas 
70 3/4 x 88 inches 
JBARp 19    

James Barsness Little Gods

James Barsness
Little Gods
1999
acrylic, ink on rice paper mounted on canvas
109 1/2 x 87 inches
JBARp 21

 

James Barsness The Serpent of Midgaard

James Barsness
The Serpent of Midgaard
1999
etching & aquatint w chine colle, ed 20
24 x 29 1/2 inches

James Barsness Little Jimmy, California

James Barsness
Little Jimmy, California
1999
acrylic, ink, gold leaf, collage on canvas with books
74 3/4 x 98 1/4 inches 
JBARp 22

James Barsness Fox Hollow Road

James Barsness
Fox Hollow Road
1999
acrylic, ink, pencil on paper mounted on canvas with books
76 3/4 x 99 3/4 inches
JBARp 20

James Barsness I Killed the Dinosaurs

James Barsness
I Killed the Dinosaurs
1998
ink, mixed media on paper
26 x 38 1/4 inches
JBARd 40    

James Barsness, Exhibition Installation

James Barsness

Exhibition Installation

James Barsness, Exhibition Installation

James Barsness

Exhibition Installation

James Barsness, Show Announcement

James Barsness

Show Announcement

James Barsness, Show Announcement (continued)

James Barsness

Show Announcement (continued)

Press Release


New Large Scale Paintings

Oct 1 - Nov 13, 1999


Starting October 1, The George Adams Gallery will show new works by James Barsness.  The exhibition will feature five large-scale paintings completed within the last year:  Family Tree, Fox Hollow Road, Little Gods, Little Jimmy, and There was a Farmer....  Varied in imagery - Little Gods resembles a persian rug as embroidered by Dr. Seuss, while There was a Farmer... depicts an elephant supporting a ball of animals while standing on a turtle, all superimposed on a field of Bingo card - thematically each work touches on ways in which adults and children interact in our culture.

 

As with his exhibition last year, Barsness continues to draw and paint on found paper - maps, bingo cards, and dress patterns - which are mounted onto canvas.  New to the work is the addition of books cut to conform to the shapes of the images in two of the paintings - Fox Hollow Road and Little Jimmy - which attach to the painting's surface.  In the case of Fox Hollow, a bird's-eye view of a peaceful suburban neighborhood, the books open to reveal images that suggest that all is not as innocent as it seems.

 

The exhibition will coincide with the publication of a new print by Landfall Press, also included in the exhibition , as well as with the publication of a monograph on the artist with texts by Thyrza Goodeve, Susan Kandel and Richard Raynor.


Exhibition Checklist

 

Clockwise from the right:

 

1. Fox Hollow Road, 1998
mixed media, collage on paper mounted on panel
25 x 39 1/2 inches; 26 1/2 x 41 framed
JBARd 39

 

2. Little Jimmy, California, 1999
acrylic, ink, gold leaf, collage on canvas with books
74 3/4 x 98 1/4 inches 
JBARp 22

 

3. Little Gods 1999
acrylic, ink on rice paper mounted on canvas
109 1/2 x 87 inches
JBARp 21

 

4. Fox Hollow Road, 1999
acrylic, ink, pencil on paper mounted on canvas with books
76 3/4 x 99 3/4 inches
JBARp 20

 

5. Untitled (Family Tree), 1998
acrylic, ink, collage on paper mounted on canvas
70 3/4 x 88 inches
JBARp 19

 

6. There Was a Farmer Had a Dog, 1999
acrylic, ink, gold leaf, collage on canvas
74 x 97 1/2 inches
JBARp 23

 

7. I Killed the Dinosaurs, 1998
ink, mixed media on paper
26 x 38 1/4 inches
JBARd 40

 

8. The Serpent of Midgaard, 1999
varnish over aquatint, etching, chine colle
24 x 30 inches
JBARr 01