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Sarabande

April 10, 2008- May 17, 2008

Gregory Johnston

Stephen Haller Gallery

542 W 26th St

Stephen Haller Gallery is proud to present GREGORY JOHNSTON: SARABANDE new paintings of the artist's signature style - suggestions of calligraphic gestures (described by critic George Melrod as "icons of textual beauty") within a canvas divided into formal, almost architectural drawing. These two elements engage in a formal dance of tension and release, a "Sarabande" which also reflects Ingmar Bergman's film title and the dance of relationship between a man and a woman. These paintings represent the maturing work of an artist The Wall Street Journal heralded as one of the emerging success stories of his generation

Johnston creates pictures within pictures and strives for dimensionality through layers and composition. Multiple overlays of symbols in his work surface through multiple layers of translucent color. There is a mysterious luminosity in Johnston’s work; his paintings are noted for their lush gorgeous surfaces.

The double rings in the paintings are representational of binding relationships - a variant design of an ancient Asian symbol for fidelity or infinity. Johnston explores the impulse expressed in the notations and symbols of many cultures in an attempt to visually articulate the aching human desire to communicate an intensity of thought and feeling.

The new paintings also reveal the influence of the rarified yet organic construct that is a Zen garden - carefully organized symbols embodying a rigorous aesthetic.

Johnston says of his work: “Every painting is a relationship within a relationship within a relationship, and structured much more like a novel or a piece of music, than the incredible open-endedness of a painting on a picture plane.”



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Location   Gallery Stephen Haller Gallery Address 542 W 26th St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10001 United States Phone 212-741-7777 Fax 212-741-3444 Hours Tue-Sat 10-6

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