MAX GIMBLETT
news

 


Max Gimblett, with the assistance of Matt Jones, conducts a sumi ink workshop at the Margulies Warehouse, Miami, for Hope Blossoms - an Art Happening, benefitting Lotus House women's shelter, October 16, 8-10PM. For more information please visit:

http://www.lotushouseshelter.org/

 


MAX GIMBLETT
PARADE - THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
HAMISH MORRISON GALERIE

EXHIBITION DATES: 19th JUNE - 1st AUG. 2009

www.hamishmorrison.com

left to right: Inside (2006), Trans-Atlantic Blues (2008), Sweep (2003), towards (2008/09), and brim (2007/08).

 


full fathom five, an exhibition of new works, opens at Gow Langsford Gallery May 5, 2009. The show runs from May 5-29.

left: Ad for Art New Zeland back cover

photo: Tom Warren, NY

installation shots below courtesy Gow Langsford Gallery:

 


white stone clear water, an exhibition of new work, opened at Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington on May 19, 2009.

left: white stone clear water, 2009, 40" quatrefoil, gesso, acrylic and vinyl polymer, epoxy, aqua size, Japanese moonbeam pastel colored silver leaf / canvas

photo: Tom Warren, NY

 


Max's painting Lion, 1985 / 90" quatrefoil / metallic pigments and acrylic polymer on canvas is included in The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989 curated by Senior Asian Curator at the Guggenheim, Alexandra Munroe. The exhibition opend at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, in January 2009 as a centerpiece of the museum's 50th Anniversary of the Frank Lloyd Wright building. The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989 is a masterpiece show featuring works by canonical figures of the 20th century and leading younger artists working today.

The Third Mind press release here.

A fully illustrated, 475 page catalogue will accompany the exhibition. Edited with an introduction by exhibition curator Alexandra Munroe, it is the first comprehensive study of the influence of Asian aesthetics and philosophy on modern and contemporary art.

To purchase the show's catalog and/or Max Gimblett's HuiPress published Enso Etchings exclusively available through the Guggenheim visit the Guggenheim Store online here.

left: installation shot of Lion, 1985 in the Guggenheim.

photo: John Savage, NZ

 


The Midnight Sun, an exhibition of new work at Haines Gallery, San Francisco opened, January 8, 2009 and ran through February 28.

The Midnight Sun press release here.

left: installation shot from The Midnight Sun.

photo: Monique Deschaines, SF

 


Max is the Inaugural Visiting Professor of Art of the National Institute for the Creative Arts and Industries at Auckland University.


 

NEWS
CURRENT PAINTINGS
60, 50, & 40" quatrefoils
25 & 40" quatrefoils
squares
double squares
circles
CURRENT WORKS ON PAPER
calligraphic inks
Enso
quatrefoils
skulls
disasters of war
explosive quatrefoils
imagistic inks
shadow
portraits
SPIRIT BOX
ARTIST'S BOOKS
STUDIO
LIBRARY
selected bibliography
biography/cv
monographs & catalogs
  video
CONTACT
galleries
studio

 

copyright Max Gimblett
design by Matt Jones