Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by gallery artists Jay Kelly and Greg Parker. The exhibition will feature recent drawings and sculptures by Jay Kelly, as well as new paintings by Greg Parker, and will be on view from April 14th- May 29th, 2016.

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Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to present our third solo exhibition of recent minimalist paintings by Greg Parker. Through the multi-layered manipulation of gesso, graphite and oil on hardwood panels, Parker’s paintings exist eloquently between the boundaries of painting, drawing and sculpture. In this recent series of works, which are often incised with linear patterns, the artist continues his exploration of geometric abstraction. Ranging in sizes from 4 x 24 x 2 1/4” to about 36 x 48 x 2 1/4,” several of the paintings in this new series are two panel pieces, with different qualities expressed in separate but joined panels of dissimilar size and/or joined on different planes. The gallery is located at 501 West 23rd Street (at Tenth Avenue). Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6 and by appointment.

The beauty of Greg Parker's paintings lies in his ability to seduce the viewer with his elegance and order. He builds the painting's surface with up to 30 layers of sanded gesso then etches and scores expressive lines into an obsessively smooth finish. Parker's exquisite use of drawing and mark making in his paintings are the most obvious expression of both the physical and emotional unconscious. The surfaces of his paintings have a paradoxical history as well evidenced by the controlled handling of materials juxtaposed with a poetic unraveling of this order.

Greg Parker lives and works in Maine and has an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. His work is represented in the collections of the Portland Museum, the Farnsworth Museum of American Art, the DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Garden and The British Museum. Recent solo exhibitions have included those at Miller Block Gallery in Boston, June Fitzpatrick Gallery in Portland, Maine, and Richard Levy in Albuqerque, New Mexico.

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Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, Minimalennialism, a large group show of 21st Century Minimalist paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture by over 15 artists, including Ellsworth Kelly, Jay Kelly, Sol Lewitt, Julia Mangold, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Wes Mills, Greg Parker, Carole Seborovski and others. The dates of the show are March 31 through May 5, 2001. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 31 from 6-8 pm. The gallery is located at 501 West 23rd Street (entrance on Tenth Avenue). Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6, and Sunday by appointment.

Throughout the 1960's and 1970's, formally reductive abstraction was employed by a range of artists who worked with similar vocabularies, but to radically different ends. Many artists working today continue the exploration of simplified form and color, the repetition of elements, objectifying the painting as object, and the universal "purity" of spirit of the minimalist esthetic.

Highlights by younger artists include the small, seductive minimalist drawings by Jay Kelly executed in pastel and graphite on vellum; the more austere grid and geometric form paintings by Greg Parker done in oil, pigment and graphite; the spare, poetic paintings and drawings by Wes Mills; and the severe steel sculptures by Greg Corn and Julia Mangold.

Featured works among the "minimalist masters" are Ellsworth Kelly's recent prints of boldly colored simplified curves published by Gemini; a set of seven small woodcuts by Robert Mangold, which accompany his recently editioned catalogue raisonne published by Parasol Press; and a charcoal grey and orange curvilinear drawing by Sol Lewitt.

Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of Greg Parker's minimalist paintings from September 23 to October 31. The gallery is located at 501 West 23rd Street at Tenth Avenue. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6; and Sunday from 12-5.

The beauty of Greg Parker's paintings lies in his ability to seduce the viewer with his elegance and order. Through the multi-layered manipulation of gesso, graphite and oil, Parker's painting medium exists eloquently between the boundaries of painting and drawing. He builds the painting's surface with 50 layers of sanded gesso then etches and scores expressive lines into an obsessively smooth finish. Parker's exquisite use of drawing and mark making in his paintings are the most obvious expression of both the physical and emotional unconscious. The surfaces of his paintings have a paradoxical history as well evidenced by the controlled handling of materials juxtaposed with a poetic unraveling of this order.

Parker's paintings are initially constructed in a very rational manner; both the proportions and the materials are consistent with our constructed environment. It is the artist's objective to build a specific form that ultimately becomes a contemplative environment. There is a quality of "order" and "precision" in both the composition and the mediums used . However, this sense of "order" and enforced rationality, is simultaneously abandoned as more expressive painterly issues evolve. Parker succeeds in capturing the expressive potential of light and reflected light. The highly polished planar surface allows for diverse interaction of light conditions. Graphite is applied to provide a reflective effect as well as reaffirming the objective physicality of the surface itself.

Based in Maine, Greg Parker recently had a solo exhibition at Miller Block Gallery in Boston, and has exhibited at the June Kelly Gallery in Portland and Between the Muses Gallery in Rockand, Maine. Parker was included in a major painting exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art, and in the Eighth Triennial at the Fuller Museum of Art last fall and, most recently, at The DeCordova Museum. His work is in the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art.

Jim Kempner Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of Greg Parker's minimalist paintings from May 9 through June 4. It will be his first solo exhibition in New York. The gallery is located at 501 West 23rd Street at Tenth Avenue. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10-6; and Sunday from 12-5.

The beauty of Greg Parker's paintings lies in his ability to seduce the viewer with his elegance and order. Through the multi-layered manipulation of gesso, graphite and oil, Parker's painting medium exists eloquently between the boundaries of painting and drawing. He builds the painting's surface with 50 layers of sanded gesso then etchs and scores expressive lines into an obsessively smooth finish. Parker's exquisite use of drawing and mark making in his paintings are the most obvious expression of both the physical and emotional unconscious. The surfaces of his paintings have a paradoxical history as well evidenced by the controlled handling of materials juxtaposed with a poetic unraveling of this order.

Parker's paintings are initially constructed in a very rational manner; both the proportions and the materials are consistent with our constructed environment. It is the artist's objective to build a specific form that ultimately becomes a contemplative environment. There is a quality of "order" and "precision" in both the composition and the mediums used . However, this sense of "order", Parker's enforced rationality, is simultaneously abandoned as more expressive painterly issues evolve. Parker succeeds in capturing the expressive potential of light and reflected light. The highly polished planar surface allows for diverse interaction of light conditions. Graphite is applied to provide a reflective effect as well as reaffirming the objective physicality of the surface itself.

Based in Maine, Greg Parker recently had a solo exhibition at Miller Block Gallery in Boston, and has exhibited at the June Gallery in Portland and Between the Muses Gallery in Rockand, Maine. Parker was included in a major painting exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art and in the Eighth Triennial at the Fuller Museum of Art last fall. His work is in the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art.