C. Grimaldis Gallery
The C. Grimaldis Gallery is a
"Grimaldis began in 1977 by exhibiting mostly artists with a regional reputation, but gradually added major New York names to the roster and made his gallery one always worth following."
The gallery produces scholarly catalogues and public programing in support of select exhibitions.
History
On September 29, 1977 the inaugural C. Grimaldis Gallery opening reception was held for an exhibition of prints by
Starting in the late 1970s and into the late 1980s C. Grimaldis Gallery was among several art galleries on Charles Street in Baltimore City including G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Meredith Gallery, B.R. Kornblatt Gallery, Purnell Galleries and George Ciscle Gallery. Sharon Dickman wrote in The Evening Sun Accent, "From Saratoga to Chase streets, the Charles street galleries can be penciled in, block after block, like Cézanne bathers standing at the water's edge."[22][23] Today, C. Grimaldis Gallery is the only gallery, from this group, that remains. Having thrived during the 1970s, 1980s and remaining as an influential voice in the local and national community solidifies the C. Grimaldis Gallery's place in Baltimore art history.
In 1979 the gallery exhibited paintings by the
"Alice Neel '81: A Retrospective, 1926–1981," in 1981 was an important exhibition in the history of the C. Grimaldis Gallery and the first time Neel's paintings were exhibited in Baltimore, Maryland. It was soon followed by the 1983 solo exhibition of works by Alice Neel titled "Alice Neel: Five Decades of Painting".[29][30]
In December 1985 the sculptures of
In the autumn of 1986 C. Grimaldis Gallery moved from 928 North Charles Street to its current location of 523 North Charles Street. The inaugural exhibition at this new location was "Grimaldis & Friends" in September 1986. This group show featured works by
In the spring of 1990 Mr. Grimaldis opened an additional gallery called Sculpture Space located at 1006 Morton Street. The gallery measured 3,000 square feet and was capable of accommodating larger and heavier pieces than the 523 N Charles Street gallery.[34][35] The first exhibition in Sculpture Space was a solo exhibition of sculptures by Jene Highstein. In 1993 Sculpture Space closed.[14]
Another noteworthy exhibition at C. Grimaldis Gallery featured works on paper by the sculptors; Jene Highstein, Pello Irazu, Mel Kendrick, Ulrich Ruckriem, Richard Serra, Joel Shapiro, and John Van Alstine titled "Drawings By Sculptors" opened in January 1996 at the 523 N Charles Street location.[11] This was the first exhibition of works by Richard Serra in Baltimore, Maryland.[14]
Constantine Grimaldis first exhibited paintings by Beverly McIver in March 2003 in the solo exhibition "Mammy, I Love You," which received extensive critical acclaim.[8] This is illustrated in Joe Shannon's response to the exhibition in Art in America, "McIver, a North Carolina native who is currently a Radcliffe fellow, has created a narrative project that is one of the most emotionally successful you will see, as pure painting and as a mirror on life."[36] Soon thereafter, in 2004, The Baltimore Museum of Art acquired a painting by McIver titled "A Woman's Work."[37] An award-winning documentary on Beverly McIver's life and work titled "Raising Renee" was created by West City Films and HBO in 2011.[38] In December 2011 Beverly McIver was listed in Art in America's "2011's Top Ten in Painting" by Raphael Rubinstein.[39]
The C. Grimaldis Gallery is the primary representation of
Ahn is part of a younger generation of artists, including Olafur Eliasson, Ivan Navarro, Spencer Finch, and Leo Villareal, who use actual light as their primary medium because of its immediate experiential qualities and metaphoric richness. When Ahn has exhibited "Untitled (Double) I" (2009), a beaming square inside a larger square, viewers have actually made nose prints on the exterior one-way mirror as they have tried to see into the dark tunnel sloping downwards that opens up inside the center square. At once thrilling and ominous, it suggests a rabbit hole to another world—underwater, outer space, afterlife—or journey to the unknown, the kind of leap of faith involved in the artist's own passage to an unfamiliar country and language.[41]
Artists
Artists currently represented by the C. Grimaldis Gallery[42]
- Chul Hyun Ahn
- Dovrat Amsily Barak
- David Brewster
- Anthony Caro
- Henry Coe
- Elaine deKooning
- Madeleine Dietz
- Joel Fisher
- Jose Manuel Fors
- Effie Halivopoulou
- Grace Hartigan (Estate)
- Jon Isherwood
- Hidenori Ishii
- Dimitra Lazaridou
- Eugene Leake (Estate)
- Sungmi Lee
- Kim Manfredi
- Jane Manus
- Beverly McIver
- Neil Meyerhoff
- Raoul Middleman
- Christopher Myers
- Caroline Ramersdorfer
- Leland Rice
- John Ruppert
- Christopher Saah
- Annette Sauermann
- Richard Serra
- Sofia Silva
- Rex Stevens
- Osami Tanaka
- Alexey Titarenko
- Rene Trevino
- John van Alstine
- Costas Varotsos
- Elizabeth Wade
- John Waters
- Lu Zhang
References
- ^ Jones, Nancy. "C. Grimaldis Gallery." Gallery Review. June 1994, p.41
- ^ New York Arts Magazine. 1995–2011. "Tips & Picks Directory" nyartsmagazine.com. Web. 11 January 2012[dead link]
- ^ "About". C. Grimaldis Gallery. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ Giuliano, Mike. "Grimaldis: New Location, Art." The Baltimore Sun [Baltimore] 10 September 1986, B1
- ^ a b Stevens, Elisabeth. "Area Galleries Show Many Fine Works." The Sun [Baltimore] 11 July 1985, Art Review sec. Print.
- ^ a b c Giuliano, Mike. "Grimaldis: New Location, Art." The Baltimore Sun [Baltimore] 10 Sept. 1986, Today sec.: 1B–5B. Print.
- ^ Perlman, Bennard. A New Season, a New Location for Grimaldis. The Daily Record [Baltimore] 3 Sept. 1986, Art & Leisure sec. Print.
- ^ a b McNatt, Glenn. "Beverly McIver Uses Blackface in Her Art to Transform the 'Mammy' Myth." The Sun [Baltimore] 9 Mar. 2003. Print.
- ^ Schoettler, Carl. "The Artist as Survivor." The Evening Sun [Baltimore] 26 Feb. 1981, Accent ed., People/Arts/Living/Comics sec.: C1-C8. Print.
- ^ "Biography". The Estate of Alice Neel. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ a b C. Grimaldis Gallery. "Drawings By Sculptors." Exhibition announcement. Baltimore: C. Grimaldis Gallery, 1996. Print.
- ^ Boyce, Peter (27 January 2010). "John Waters in Interview @ C. Grimaldis Gallery". Radar Redux. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "Publications". C. Grimaldis Gallery. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d Grimaldis, Constantine. "Conversation With Constantine Grimaldis." Interview by MacKenzie Peck. 11 Jan. 2012.
- ^ a b "About Jon Isherwood". Brill Gallery. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ Art Miami LLC. Miami's Original Contemporary Art Fair Returns For Its 21st Edition. Florida: Art Miami, 28 September 2010. Print and PDF.
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- ^ "Resume". Lorna Bieber. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ Korleti, Alexia (24 March 2008). "International Art Fair". E-flux. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ Kaufman, Fran (24 March 2008). "Press Release". Houston Fine Art Fair Press Release. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ Cherbonnier, Alice. "Joining the Baltimore Renaissance, Grimaldis Gallery Lets the Art Speak." The Baltimore Chronicle [Baltimore] September 1977, p.17
- ^ Dickman, Sharon."An Enclave Of Galleries Emerges On Charles." The Evening Sun Accent [Baltimore] 29 May 1979
- ^ Stevens, Elizabeth. "Hanging In There: Inside Views of Contemporary Art Galleries." The Baltimore Sun [Baltimore] 9 March 1986, 1L
- ^ Marchicelli, Ph.D., Graziella, comp. Biography. Hartigan. Comp. Amarillo Museum of Art. 500th ed. Amarillo Museum of Art, 2008. 55–57. Print.
- ^ Anson, Cherrill. "Top Woman Painter." The Sun Sunday Magazine 17 Mar. 1963: 17–19. Print.
- ^ Stevens, Elisabeth. "Hartigan Seeking Her 'golden Age'" The Sun [Baltimore] 1979, Art Notes sec. Print.
- ^ Goldberg, Vicki. "Grace Hartigan Still Hates Pop." The New York Times [New York] 15 Aug. 1993, Arts sec. Print.
- ^ "Joan Waltemath Named Director of the Hoffberger School of Painting". Maryland Institute College of Art. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "Alice Neel Biography". Cheim & Read. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ David Zwirner. "Biography." Alice Neel Late Portraits & Still Lifes. New York: Radius, 2012. 62. Print.
- ^ Stevens, Elisabeth. "Abstract Sculptures by Ruppert, Caro." The Sun [Baltimore] 20 Dec. 1985, Art & Leisure sec. Print.
- ^ a b Perlman, Bennard. "A New Season, a New Location for Grimaldis." The Daily Record [Baltimore] 3 Sept. 1986, Art & Leisure sec. Print.
- ^ C. Grimaldis Gallery, "Inaugural Exhibition." Price List. September 1986. Print
- ^ Smith, Linell. "Bringing Contemporary Sculpture to Baltimore." The Evening Sun [Baltimore] 27 Apr. 1990, Accent sec.: C1–C9. Print.
- ^ Dorsey, John. "City Gallery Owner Seeks Niche in World Sculpture Market." The Baltimore Sun [Baltimore] 17 Nov. 1989: 1F–4F. Print.
- ^ Shannon, Joe. "Beverly McIver at Grimaldis." Rev. of Exhibition. Art in America Mar. 2003. Print.
- ^ McNatt, Glenn. "BMA Gets Painting by McIver." The Sun [Baltimore] 20 Apr. 2004, Art Column sec. Print.
- ^ "Raising Renee Official Site". West City Films Inc. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ Rubinstein, Raphael (27 December 2011). "2011's Top Ten in Painting". Art in America. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ C. Grimaldis Gallery, "Infinity – Emptiness." Price List. January 9 – February 8, 2003. Print.
- ^ Sheets, Hilarie M. Illuminated Void. Comp. C. Grimaldis Gallery. Baltimore: C. Grimaldis Gallery, 2011. Print.
- ^ "Artists". C. Grimaldis Gallery. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
External links
- Official website
- C. Grimaldis Gallery on Artnet
- C. Grimaldis Gallery's channel on YouTube
- C. Grimaldis Gallery on Facebook