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Craig Starr Gallery specializes in 19th and 20th-century American masterworks.

Since 1985, Craig Starr has placed important works with individuals, museums, and corporate collections worldwide.

11/29/2019

We are open with regular hours today and tomorrow! Stop by 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 to view Agnes Gund’s selection of significant Crosshatch works, with notable works on loan from , , and Jasper Johns’ personal collection. ⁣
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Image: Jasper Johns in his Stony Point studio, NY, ca. 1970s. Photo: Hans Namuth. Courtesy Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. © 1991 Hans Namuth Estate.

11/25/2019

Jasper Johns’ “Co**se and Mirror II” is filled with art historical references--most noticeably the title of the work, which references the Surrealist parlor game Exquisite Co**se, wherein each player draws part of a figure on a piece of paper folded to mask the other players’ drawings. ⁣
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In this four-paneled oil-and-sand painting, on loan from the Art Institute of Chicago (and the largest on view in 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩) the three panels on the left are stacked to mirror the height of the single vertical panel on the right. If you look closely, you will notice the right panel is marginally less intense, “as if it were a diminished monoprint of the left side laid next to it.”*⁣
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Crosshatch, or cross-hatching, is traditionally defined in art historical terms as “a method of showing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.” According to Jasper Johns, the inspiration for his crosshatch works came from a pattern he glimpsed on a car that quickly passed him on a highway: “I only saw it for a second, but knew immediately that I was going to use it. It had all the qualities that interest me – literalness, repetitiveness, an obsessive quality, order with dumbness, and the possibility of a complete lack of meaning.”⁣
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“Co**se and Mirror II," generously on loan from the , is on view in 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 at Craig F. Starr Gallery, through January 18, 2020. ⁣
We are closed for Thanksgiving this Thursday, 11/28, and will reopen on Friday, 11/29 with regular hours. ⁣
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*Quote by Robert Storr, from the essay “Jasper Johns--Fracture and Flux.”⁣
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Image: Johns, “Co**se and Mirror II,” 1974-75⁣.
Oil and sand on canvas (4 panels) ⁣57 5/8 x 75 1/4 inches

11/22/2019

Jasper Johns’ “Untitled” is one of three primarily black and white works in 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩, and the only oil painting in this color palette. At first glance the painting appears to be monochromatic, however a closer look reveals hatches in subtle washes of red, blue, yellow, green, and orange, embedded between the bold black and white marks. One of the largest works in the exhibition, on loan from a private collection, “Untitled” is a subtle masterpiece best viewed in person. ⁣
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We are open this Saturday from 11am-5:30pm, stop by the gallery to view “Untitled” and the rest of Jasper John’s Crosshatch works, curated by Agnes Gund.⁣
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Johns, “Untitled,” 1980. Oil on canvas. 30 x 54 inches.⁣

11/20/2019

Last night we hosted the for a reception and walk-through of 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩, curated by Agnes Gund. It was lovely to see so many familiar faces, and we relished the opportunity to hear Aggie speak about her favorite works and the inspiration behind her curation of the show. Thank you to Stacy Tenenbaum Stark, Kathleen Flynn, and the whole team at FCA for putting such a wonderful event together!⁣
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@ Craig F. Starr Gallery

11/16/2019

The opening of 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 has us looking back on some of our favorite past Jasper Johns exhibitions at Craig F. Starr Gallery. We can’t believe it’s been 11 years since we presented 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵 from October-November 2008. This exhibition featured familiar motifs from Johns’ oeuvre: flags, numbers, maps, and Crosshatch, executed in a variety of printmaking techniques, including lithographs, intaglio, etchings, and aquatints. ⁣
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Johns created two separate, yet very similar, black and white Crosshatch works, both titled “Co**se and Mirror,” during the period of 1974-1976. The mixed media drawing (gouache, graphite wash, and graphite pencil on paper) pictured in the first slide is currently on view in 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩. It predates the lithographic version in the second slide, which is part of an edition of 58 created in 1976, and was featured in 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 in 2008. ⁣
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We are so excited to have 11 groundbreaking Crosshatch works--including “Co**se and Mirror”-- currently on view at the gallery, and are especially thankful to Jasper for lending this work from his personal collection. We are open today from 11am-5:30pm, and 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 is on view through January 18, 2020. ⁣
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1. Johns, “Co**se and Mirror,” 1974-1975. Gouache, graphite wash, and graphite pencil on paper, 19 3/8 x 24 3/8 inches.⁣
2.Johns, “Co**se and Mirror,” 1976. Lithograph, 31 x 39 1/2 inches. Edition 2/58. @ Craig F. Starr Gallery

11/09/2019

On this day, 15 years ago, Craig F. Starr Gallery opened with our inaugural exhibition, 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴. ⁣
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“Numbers, like other motifs from Johns’ early period, such as targets and flags, are the signs of our common culture. Of interest to Johns was their status as things that are looked at, but not ⁣
examined. By dislocating the numbers from their context as signifiers of quantity or time, Johns creates a new meaning for them. In painting numbers, Johns achieves both a non-illusionist representation and also an abstraction, as numbers are figures that represent an abstract relationship between symbol and idea. The number does not stand alone on the surface, to be read only as its representative signifier, but is embedded in surrounding strokes and marks that declare it a work of art. The inherent ambiguity between the image of an object and the object itself allowed Johns to introduce content into the compressed space of the flat picture plane. These tensions between representation and abstraction, subject and object, figure and ground, amplify the vitality of these images.”⁣
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Thank you, Jasper, for 15 years of friendship and inspiration! We are thrilled to have 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩, our ninth exhibition of Jasper’s work, currently on view at Craig Starr through January 18, 2020. ⁣
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1. Johns, “Foirades / Fizzles,” 1976⁣
A book of five texts with 33 intaglios. The case is lined with a lithograph, 13 x 10 inches.⁣
2 & 3. Installation view of 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 at Craig F. Starr Gallery, 2004. ⁣

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11/07/2019

5 years ago today, 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘚𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 1957-1970 opened at Craig F. Starr Gallery. The exhibition, containing 13 one-of-a-kind objects, reliefs, and free-standing objects cast in bronze, aluminum, and other metals, focused on Johns’s investigation of the boundary between painting and sculpture, and centered on his first concentrated period of sculpture-making from around 1958 to 1961, and the years immediately following. ⁣
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1. Jasper Johns, “Flashlight,” 1960. Bronze and glass, 4 7/8 x 8 x 4 1/2 inches.⁣
2. Installation view of 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘚𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 1957-1970 at Craig F. Starr Gallery, 2014. @ Craig F. Starr Gallery

10/29/2019

Craig F. Starr Gallery is excited to announce our upcoming exhibition, 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩. ⁣
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Curated by Agnes Gund, with a catalogue essay written by Robert Storr, the show will be on view from November 8, 2019 through January 18, 2020. We hope you’ll stop by!⁣
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@ Craig F. Starr Gallery

10/23/2019

Today, we’re honoring American author, screenwriter, and film director, Michael Crichton, on what would have been his 77th birthday. Crichton, known for his science fiction novels, was also an avid art collector, and an authority on Jasper Johns' work. In 1976, the Whitney Museum asked Crichton to write the catalogue essay for their upcoming Jasper Johns retrospective, which he enthusiastically agreed to. In his own words:⁣⁣
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"He [Jasper Johns] does very beautiful work. He’s an extremely interesting person to be around and his work I find challenging on many levels—it’s intellectually challenging, it’s visually challenging, and it rewards continued looking. You can have a piece of his work up for years and look at it and keep seeing new things and having new feelings about it. Not all artists are like that—in terms of their work."⁣⁣
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10/22/2019

Craig F. Starr Gallery is remembering Robert Rauschenberg today on what would have been his 94th birthday. Thank you, Bob, for all of your contributions to the art world, you are greatly missed! ⁣
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Image: Rauschenberg in his Fulton Street Studio, c. 1954. ⁣
Photo: Cy Twombly. Courtesy Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio

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