Dana Gordon
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(FOR PAINTINGS AND WRITINGS SINCE MID-2021 PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE danagordon.art)
--Biography/curriculum vitae
--Published writing about DG art
--Published writing by DG on art
--Films by DG: vimeo.com
--Published writing about DG art
--Published writing by DG on art
--Films by DG: vimeo.com
PAINTINGS
Series early-mid 2021
"Unfinished Business", 2021, 80x72in., acrylic on unprimed linen (private collection.)
Series mid and late 2020
"Heifetz, Primrose and Piatigorsky", June 2020, 30x40 in.
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Series early-mid 2021
"Unfinished Business", 2021, 80x72in., acrylic on unprimed linen (private collection.)
Series mid and late 2020
"Heifetz, Primrose and Piatigorsky", June 2020, 30x40 in.
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Series 2019-20
"Congregation", May 2020, 54x66 in.
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"Congregation", May 2020, 54x66 in.
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Early 2019 - Abstract Studies After the Old Masters
Study after Gericault, Raft of the Medusa (private collection)
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A Retrospective Without the Retro
"DANA GORDON: PAINTING 1968-2018"
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
March 2019
Review: "Dana Gordon: Painting 1968-2018," at Westbeth Gallery, New Criterion Dispatch, by JP, 2/25/19
Press release for Westbeth retrospective
Installation shots, Westbeth retrospective, click here
1996 1994 1993 1985-6
Westbeth Gallery, March 2019
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1995 letter from Jonas Mekas re painting (pub. 2019)
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Solo show at Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France, September 2018
"Unknown Unknowns", 2018, 48"h x 60"
Part of New Series for Sept 2018 Paris show
On the Paris show: Dana Gordon in Paris - New Abstract Painting from New York
Video of the Paris show: click here
David Cohen (art critic, editor of Artcritical.com) on the video: "Lucky Paris!"
Click here for paintings in New Series 2018 not for Paris
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FOUNDING THE PAINTING CENTER IN 1993:
twocoatsofpaint.com/2019/01/the-painting-center-25th-anniversary-exhibition
facebook.com/1danagordon/posts
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"#4", 2017-18, 48"h x 36"
Click here for other new work, 2017-18
Study after Gericault, Raft of the Medusa (private collection)
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A Retrospective Without the Retro
"DANA GORDON: PAINTING 1968-2018"
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
March 2019
Review: "Dana Gordon: Painting 1968-2018," at Westbeth Gallery, New Criterion Dispatch, by JP, 2/25/19
Press release for Westbeth retrospective
Installation shots, Westbeth retrospective, click here
1996 1994 1993 1985-6
Westbeth Gallery, March 2019
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1995 letter from Jonas Mekas re painting (pub. 2019)
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Solo show at Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France, September 2018
"Unknown Unknowns", 2018, 48"h x 60"
Part of New Series for Sept 2018 Paris show
On the Paris show: Dana Gordon in Paris - New Abstract Painting from New York
Video of the Paris show: click here
David Cohen (art critic, editor of Artcritical.com) on the video: "Lucky Paris!"
Click here for paintings in New Series 2018 not for Paris
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FOUNDING THE PAINTING CENTER IN 1993:
twocoatsofpaint.com/2019/01/the-painting-center-25th-anniversary-exhibition
facebook.com/1danagordon/posts
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"#4", 2017-18, 48"h x 36"
Click here for other new work, 2017-18
--Solo show of new paintings at Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, May 2017--
Essay in Painters' Table by James Panero (Exec. Ed., The New Criterion), 4/29/2017
Art Critical, Dana Gordon, Sideshow, by David Cohen, May 6, 2017
Interview in Ideelart Magazine, May, 2017
Delicious Line, Review by Ann Saul, May, 2017
Film of exhibition by Bill Page, May, 2017
Travelmag: 10 Must See Galleries in Williamsburg
Dana Gordon at Sideshow: Kenophobia, by Piri Halasz, 5/26/2017
"Light Years", 2015-16, 60"h x 72"w, oil on canvas (private collection)
"Light Years", 2015-16, 60"h x 72"w, oil on canvas (private collection)
Click here for paintings 2015-2017, see also Painter's Table
Solo show at Andre Zarre Gallery, Nov 2014
Click here for 2013-2014 work in Zarre exhibition and other related work
Reviews:
http://www.nysun.com/arts/color-and-line/88946/
http://www.newcriterion.com/posts.cfm/Critic-s-Notebook-for-November-24--2014-7641
"Endless Painting 1", 2014, 78"h x 60"w, oil on canvas (private collection)
installation views, Andre Zarre Gallery, 2014
Essay, 2014, at Painters' Table:
"The Late 1960s: Working for Tony Smith and George Sugarman"
Click here for 2013-2014 work in Zarre exhibition and other related work
Reviews:
http://www.nysun.com/arts/color-and-line/88946/
http://www.newcriterion.com/posts.cfm/Critic-s-Notebook-for-November-24--2014-7641
"Endless Painting 1", 2014, 78"h x 60"w, oil on canvas (private collection)
installation views, Andre Zarre Gallery, 2014
Essay, 2014, at Painters' Table:
"The Late 1960s: Working for Tony Smith and George Sugarman"
"Some Talmud", 2012, oil on canvas, 78"h x 60"w
Acquired by the Brooklyn Museum, 2013
Exhibited in Sideshow Gallery, April-May, 2013
Acquired by the Brooklyn Museum, 2013
Exhibited in Sideshow Gallery, April-May, 2013
Reviews of 2013 Sideshow show:
--"Dana Gordon & John Mendelsohn: NewPaintings", The New Criterion, Gallery Chronicle by James Panero:
--"New Paintings at Sideshow", Huffington Post, by D. Dominick Lombardi:
--"Dana Gordon & John Mendelsohn: NewPaintings", The New Criterion, Gallery Chronicle by James Panero:
--"New Paintings at Sideshow", Huffington Post, by D. Dominick Lombardi:
Richard Timperio / Dana Gordon / Sideshow Gallery, 2013
Night, 2012, 60x78 inches, oil on canvas (Private collection)
"Balancing Act", 2012, oil on canvas,
78x60inches
(shown, as "untitled", in spring 2013 exhibition at Sideshow Gallery)
"What Only Painting Can Do", a 2012 appreciation of Dana Gordon
by James Panero, executive editor and art critic, The New Criterion
- link to SPLAT paintings, 2009-2011 -
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Night, 2012, 60x78 inches, oil on canvas (Private collection)
(shown, as "untitled", in spring 2013 exhibition at Sideshow Gallery)
"What Only Painting Can Do", a 2012 appreciation of Dana Gordon
by James Panero, executive editor and art critic, The New Criterion
- link to SPLAT paintings, 2009-2011 -
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Work prior to 2009 - images of earlier exhibitions and work, going back to 1967
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Dana Gordon by Alice Neel, 1972
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Other History:
-- Experimental film: reviews, essays, Vimeo film links, etc.
-- Set Design
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-- Experimental film: reviews, essays, Vimeo film links, etc.
-- Set Design
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Dana Gordon by Alice Neel, 1972
photo at top of website, Dana Gordon 2016, by Annie Brumbaugh
email: 1danagordon@gmail.com
email: 1danagordon@gmail.com