Howard Gross - 
Returning, 
at Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art

Howard Gross. Garden of Enigmas, 2008, Oil/Canvas. 48" x 48. Courtesy Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art

March 12 - April 6, 2009

Public Reception: March 13, 2009   6 - 9 pm?

Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art is delighted to present paintings and drawings by Howard Gross in “Returning,” the second solo show by the artist at the gallery.  Join us on Friday, March 13 from 6 - 9 PM for a public reception with the artist at the gallery’s Williamsburg location of 293 Grand Street between Roebling and Havemeyer. The public is invited to attend this event and visit the gallery during regular hours: Wed - Sun 11 AM - 7 PM, and Mon. 9 AM - 5 PM.  For more information contact the gallery at 718.218.8939.  ??

In the mid-eighties, Howard Gross escaped to New Orleans to recover from some personal sadness. While he was there he rented a studio in the French Quarter and painted for six months. He returned to those paintings two years ago and continued to work on them. These paintings form the foundation for this exhibition.

?Howard Gross began his artistic career with two solo exhibitions at the Alan Frumkin Gallery in Chicago. Howard relocated to New York in the mid-70’s and began exhibiting with OK Harris Gallery and the then Truman Gallery. In 1978, he began the “A Closed Eye Concept,” series depicting art world members such as Leo Castelli, Louise Bourgeois and Agnes Gund with their eyes closed. The series was updated 20 years later in 1998 and he exhibited the dual photographs of each individual at the PS 1 Contemporary Art Center. Since that time, he has shunned exhibiting to a large extent, showing only once in 2000 at the Florence Lynch Gallery his concept-based “Notes on a String,” and in 2007 at Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art with “An Elusive Moment,” an exhibition of his organic drawings and sculptures.?

Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art, established in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1999 and directed by Tracy Causey-Jeffery is committed to exhibiting vibrant contemporary art by living artists: both mid-career and emerging. 

Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art. 293 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY 11211.

Phone 718 218 9347

www.chicontemporaryfineart.com