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Irving Kriesberg, Maternal Image, 1958, il on canvas 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm). Gift of Anonymous donor; Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, 2005 (SN11126.2)
A recent exhibition at the Ringling Museum of Art highlighted the diversity among the generations of painters who painted within the Expressionist mode during the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
Read moreThree of Kriesberg’s innovative mobile paintings from the 1950s will be on view from September 15 to November 21, 2020 at Anita Shapolsky Gallery in the group exhibition Off the Wall.
In 1945, Kriesberg got a job with the Arkraft Strauss Sign Corporation and created artwork that animated large Broadway "spectaculars," which were iconic illuminated signs, replete with special effects and movable parts. Kriesberg’s interest in animation and sequential imagery led to an experimental drive to display his own paintings in ways that distanced them from traditional viewing methods. In the 1950s, Kriesberg began to construct multiple panel paintings that are double sided and affixed to armatures where they can be rotated. Each panel has the ability to be manually turned to reveal multiple compositions, thereby expanding the viewer’s pictorial perspective and extending the painting off the wall in a manner akin to sculpture in the round.
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Irving Kriesberg, Dawn, 1975-76, oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 47 in. (102.2 x 119.4 cm).
We are pleased to announce Revisiting and Repositioning the Work of Irving Kriesberg, an exhibition highlighting several prominent paintings and works on paper that were inspired by Kriesberg's unique global perspective on art and culture. The works on view reflect Kriesberg's experiential knowledge of Eastern philosophy, religions, and cultural traditions, as a result of his time spent living and working in India and Japan. The exhibition will open on May 10th via Vin Gallery's online viewing room on Artsy.
Irving Kriesberg, Acorn or Chestnut, acrylic on paper, 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm). Private collection
Poetry was an important influence on Kriesberg’s art, frequently referenced in both titles of works and in the lyrical nature of his metaphorical imagery. Between 1964 and 1965, Kriesberg collaborated on a series of ‘poem board’ paintings with his first wife, the poet Ruth Miller, and another poet named Ruth Stephen. Below is a virtual presentation of these collaborative poem/painting hybrids.
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Cover of the exhibition catalogue for Irving Kriesberg’s solo show at the Curt Valentin Gallery in 1955.
Irving Kriesberg’s first solo-show was a bittersweet occasion. The exhibition, which ran from April 26 to May 14, 1955, was at the one of New York City’s most prestigious galleries owned by the esteemed German-Jewish art dealer Curt Valentin. Valentin, directed his eponymous gallery on 32 east 57th street, and was renowned for presenting seminal avant-garde modern artists to New York’s burgeoning fine art scene. He organized exhibitions featuring artworks by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Max Beckmann, Henry Moore, Marino Marini, and Jacques Lipchitz.
Lipchitz, a seminal Cubist sculptor, took a liking to Kriesberg’s work and introduced him to Valentin, who signed Kriesberg to his roster of artists. Kriesberg’s first show at the Curt Valentin Gallery was in 1953. It was a group exhibition featuring contemporary works by Kriesberg, Reg Butler, Bruno Cassina, Jan Cox, and Alton Pickens. Valentin set the stage for Kriesberg’s first solo show, but he passed away the year before and his gallery, which was ran posthumously for a year, eventually closed towards the end of 1955.
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Irving Kriesberg, Ascension, 1997, oil on canvas, 64 x 65 in. (162.6 x 165.1 cm) Gift of an anonymous donor; Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri (2005.22.01)
Irving Kriesberg’s Ascension (1997) is included in the current exhibition: Weird & Eerie: Selections of Extraordinary Character at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Exhibition News: The Estate of Irving Kriesberg in collaboration with Vin Gallery (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) announces a special presentation of works by American artist Irving Kriesberg (1919-2009) on the occasion of the centennial of his birth. The unique selection will be presented at the Seattle Art Fair and includes works that have never been publicly available.
Read moreExhibition News: The Estate of Irving Kriesberg is pleased to announce that Animal Figures and His Realm: A Retrospective of Irving Kriesberg opens tomorrow, August 17th, 2018 at Galerie Grand Siecle in Taipei, Taiwan.
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