ITEM# 3359
Artist Jeffrey Long Asian Wood block print

Jeffrey Long woodblock prints, This "Jeffery Long" woodblock print is entitled "Namekagon" 9 out of 80.This woodblock print measures 24 by 30 inches and the frame 29 by 36 inches. Mint condition. Jeffrey Long comes from the lineage of painters standing at the point at which pure abstraction meets the representational. Long has organically embraced myriad influences and practices from the annals of art history, from classical Asian wood-block prints to American Pop. Though clearly related to archetypal American traditions, the work strongly resonates with the lean and spare atmosphere of Japanese art. In this, Long finds a visual and spiritual correlation between the tenets of Modernism and ancient art. There is a sense of language created by Long’s use of collage and layering -- color creates territories of discord and rhythm that play off one another. Paint, gold leaf, beeswax and found objects contribute to this process, creating a code of disparate elements that reveal new levels of narrative and poetic understanding. Long's latest series investigates maps, reflecting his fascination with landscape, which was once his primary subject. Though still in the abstract tradition, the narrative of these newer works (such as King Philip’s War) alludes to the displacement and annihilation of native peoples, a kind of chart of the unthinkable, a crossing point of life and death that can never be reconciled. Born in New York, Jeffrey Long has been a long-time Bay Area resident. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, among them the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, the Gold Award, and the Gottlieb Foundation Grant. He is a co-founder of "Visual Aid, Artists for Aids Relief." His work is in many important public and private collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Oakland Museum and Stanford University. Education: 1976 California College of Arts & Crafts, MFA 1970 Rhode Island School of Design, BFA Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2001 Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco 2000 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta 2000 Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica 1999 Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica 1999 Shorenstein Headquarters, San Francisco 1998 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco 1997 Airtouch Communications, Walnut Creek, CA 1997 201 California Street, San Francisco 1996 Cabrillo College Art Gallery, Aptos, CA 1996 Evans/Willis Gallery, San Francisco Awards and Honors: 2000 Artist in Residence, Sacatar Foundation, Bahia, Brasil 1994 Gold Award, Art Stars of California Discovery Award 1987 Artist in Residence, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH 1986 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant 1986 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 1983 Artist in residence, Dorland Mountain Colony, Temecula, CA Public Collections: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The Oakland Museum Rhode Island School of Design Mills College Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco DeSaisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, CA Stanford University Wustum Museum of Dine Arts, Racine, WI City of Hartford, CT Selected Corporate Collections: Mobil Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe ARCO Peribes Corporation BANKCAL 3-M Corporation IBM INTEM MGM We would like to give credit for this bio it was taken from the toomey tourell web site at http://www.toomey-tourell.com

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