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Rose Weinstock
Window / Lace Curtain, VT
oil on linen, 54 x 21
My paintings deal with the dichotomy between reality and perception. They are carefully observed depictions of windows painted with sensitivity to the subject matter.
Although painted in a straight forward manner with attention to accurate representation and detail, there is a concern for formal issues. The compositions are carefully constructed and emphasize abstract relationships. Color and light and shadow evoke mood. Close cropping and the geometry of the shapes intensify formal power. Space is given sophisticated complication by use of layers of receding forms, ambiguous reflections, and patterns of enigmatic or dramatic light and shadow.
This body of work explores the theme of windows from several points of view. The first is reflections and the paradox of knowing that glass is transparent while seeing the visual barrier formed by the reflections. Secondly, there are images of peering into the hidden recesses beyond the window pane. These paintings have a sense of mystery and become metaphors for the unconscious realm of dreams or of a longing to be inside. A third group emphasizes the multiple layers of inner and outer spaces combined with reflections. This creates a tension between representation and abstraction.
Some of the paintings are very small (about 3x6") and are intended to be seen with a good deal of space surrounding them. This causes the viewer to examine them at close range and enhances the feelings of intimacy and of entering into the painting's space.
Very close cropping draws the viewer into the world depicted in the paintings. Once there he encounters ambiguity, mystery, and spatial complexity. Both the formal issues and the concern with content are important in my work. Without them realism would become merely illustration.
EDUCATION
Wellesley College, B.A. Art History
Columbia University, Graduate work in Art History
National Academy of Design, Painting with Harvey Dinnerstein and Ronald Sherr
Queens College, Drawing with Charles Cajori and Bruno Civitico
Painting with Shirley Gorelick and Janet Fish
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2002 The Interchurch Center, NYC, "Mini Windows Revisited"
2001 Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC, "Mini Windows", organized by Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator, Phillips Collection, Washington
Pen and Brush Club, Inc., NYC, "1 Do Windows"
Pen and Brush Club, Inc., NYC, "Architectural Paintings"
GALLERY
Blue Mountain Gallery
530 West 25th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10001
646-486-4730
1999 1995 1990 Oakeside-Bloomfield Cultural Center, Bloomfield, NJ, "Memories of Summer" 1987 Art Upstairs Gallery, East Williston, NY
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2001 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC, "Exhibition 2001", Peoples' Choice Award
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Fellowship (1998, 2000)
1999 Tyronne Guthrie Center, County Monaghan, Ireland, Fellowship
1998 Artist Talk on Art "Curator's Choice", Panelist, Phoenix Gallery, NYC, juror Maxwell Davidson, Director Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NYC
1997 New American Paintings X , NYC, The Open Studios Press, Juror Ivan Karp, Director O.K. Harris Gallery, NYC
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, "101st Annual Exhibition", Salmagundi Club Award, National Arts Club, NYC
Audubon Artists "55th Annual Exhibition", William Meyerowitz Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, NYC
1995 National Association of Women Artists, NYC, "106th Annual Exhibition", juror Elizabeth Hess, critic, Village Voice , Beatrice Jackson Memorial Award
1991 National Association of Women Artists, NYC, "102nd Annual Exhibition", jurors April Kingsley, critic, and Audrey Flack, painter. NAWA Medal of Honor and Audrey Hope Shirk Memorial Award
1990 Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY, "Annual Long Island Exhibition", juror Nell Blaine, artist, Gladys Service Award
1987 Pindar Gallery, NYC, "National Competition", juror John I.H. Baur, Director, Whitney Museum, First Prize
1985 Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY, "Annual Long Island Exhibition", jurors Berta Walker, Director, Graham Modern Gallery, and Laura Rosenstock, MOMA, Gladys Service Award
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, NY, "Annual Exhibit", juror Betty Holliday, artist- Second Prize, Oils
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2002 Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC, "New Members' Exhibition, Part II"
2001 The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT, "Fresh Paint"
Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC, "Members' Exhibition" nextmonet.com, www.nextmonet.com (1999, 2000)
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, "105th Annual Exhibition", National Arts Club, NYC (103rd, 104th)
Audubon Artists "59th Annual Exhibition", Salmagundi Club, NYC (56th, 57th & 58th Annual)
2000 New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, "International Juried Show, 2000' juror, Dan Cameron, Senior Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
1999 New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, "International Juried Show", juror, Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Pleiades Gallery, NYC, Invitational
1998 Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX (1989)
C.W. Post College, Brookville, NY, Hutchins Gallery (1993)
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Jewett Gallery (1993)
1997 Sheldon Swope Museum of Art, Terre Haute, IN, "Traveling Painting Exhibition USA"
1996 National Academy of Design, NYC, "171st Annual Exhibition," jurors, members of the National Academy
Michael Ingbar Gallery of Architectural Art, NYC, (1993, 1994)
Eleftherias Park Art Center, Athens, Greece
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN, "Traveling Painting Exhibition, USA"
1995 Park Avenue Atrium, NYC, "The Four Seasons"
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., Archives
National Arts Club, NYC, "Audubon Artists, 53rd annual" (52nd, 51st, 50th, 49th, 46th annuals)
Mulberry Gallery, NYC, (1994, 1993, 1992)
1994 Tamenaga Gallery, NYC
SUNY at Stony Brook, Union Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
National Arts Club, NYC, "Allied Artists of America, 81st Annual Exhibition"
1993 Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY, "Annual Long Island Exhibition", (1992, 1987, 1986)
Great Neck Library, Great Neck, NY
Washington & Lee University Gallery, Lexington, VA, Dupont Gallery
1992 Salmagundi Club, NYC, "15th Annual Non- Member Exhibition" (14th Annual)
Wright Gallery, Kennebunkport, ME (1991)
1991 Queens College Arts Center, Benjamin Rosenthal Library, CUNY, Flushing, NY
Bowery Gallery, NYC, "National Competition", juror Nell Blaine, artist
Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY, "Women by Women"
1990 National Academy of Design, NYC, "165th Annual Exhibition", juror John Dobbs, Director, National Academy of Design
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
1989 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, "Russian Churches"
Phoenix Gallery, NYC
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL
Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay; University Gallery, Baroda; Sansker Kendra Museum, Ahmedebad, India (Traveling Exhibition)
1988 Virdian Gallery, NYC, "National Competition", juried by Lisa Philips, Curator, Whitney Museum
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, "The Landscape", juror Wolf Kahn, artist
Nabisco Brands Gallery, East Hanover, NJ, "The Land"
1987 Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, "Ellarslie Open"
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, NY (1986)
1985 Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, NY
Five Towns Music and Art Foundation, Woodmere, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
2001 *Eaton, J. Sanders, "Surveying the CLWAC'S Annual Show in Soho", NYC, Gallery and Studio , May, June, July
2000 "The Artful Traveler",
Manhattan Arts International , May-June.
Timeless Voices. Timeless Themes , Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River,
NJ, p. 519.
1999 *Morrrison, Timothy, "The Poetry of Windows in the Paintings of Rose Weinstock, " NYC, Gallery and Studio , March, April
*Pagano, Marie R., "Continuing Catherine Lorillard Wolfe's Tradition of Excellence," NYC, Gallery and Studio, Nov., Dec.
1998 *"Artists off All Stripes in Studio-Tour Exhibition", Bronxville Review Press-Reporter, Nov.
1997 Who's Who in American Art, 22nd Edition (21st, 20th, 19th editions), R.R. Bowker, New Providence, NJ.
1996 Works of the National Association of Women Artists in U.S.A. , sponsored by the Municipality of Athens Cultural Center and Hellenic American Union in Greece, curator Angeliki Intzides.
1995 *Simon, Sean, "Rose Weinstock A Realist Master of Light and Shadow", NYC, Art Speak , November
1994 *Baldwin, Bruce "Women in the Arts Foundation Show", Stony Brook Statesman , March 14.
1993 *Drillis, Catherine, "Small Works" at Mulberry Gallery, NYC, Art Speak , Nov.
1991 "Memories of Summer", Newark, NJ, Star Ledger , January 4.
1988 *Zimmer, William, "Abstracts of Urban and Rural Landscapes in New Haven", The New York Times , April 24.
1987 *"Art Upstairs Gallery Planning New Exhibit", East Willisten Times , Nov.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Clarion Partners
New Age Intimates
Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center Porthault Inc.
Mr. Larry Rivers, Artist
Jeffrey Rosen Interior Design
S. Rubin Associates
Techpartners International, CA