Jonathan Bauch
The Resulting Sculpture
Westbeth Gallery
55 Bethune Street, New York, NY 10014 [map]
Phone: 212-989-4650
http://www.westbeth.org/gallery-3.html
Hours: Thursday - Sunday 1 pm until 6 pm
Cost: Free
This event is appropriate for children
Exhibition Dates: Sep 23rd - Oct 14th
Opening: Sep 23rd 5:00PM - 8:00PM
The Resulting Sculpture features raw welded, expressive free shapes in steel. The exhibition is inspired by forms in nature as well as the physical properties of the metal itself. While visiting New Zealand in 2005, Bauch was amazed by the country's geography and wildlife, and created many drawings during his trip. Upon his return to New York, he began producing a new series of sculpture based on the New Zealand drawings. The Resulting Sculpture is a Rorschach of steel images, ranging from salamanders to beautiful, amorphous shapes some of which are reminiscent of Joan Miro's paintings. Drawing is the binding glue of Bauch's work.
The opening reception is Sunday, September 23 from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jonathan Bauch was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1961 and studied painting at New York University and the School of Visual Arts and sculpture at the Educational Alliance. His work has been exhibited since the late 1960s at The Bruce Museum (Greenwich, Connecticut); The Museo de Art (Ponce, Puerto Rico), the Aspects-Aegis Gallery (New York), the Warren Benedek Gallery (New York), the Lawrence Rubin Gallery (New York), the Ward Nasse Gallery (New York, NY ) and the Westbeth Gallery.
