Hartung. Mathieu. Helton.
Opera Gallery is proud to present a group exhibition of artists John Helton, Hans Hartung and George Mathieu, for the first time. The great Post-War painters of European abstraction provide an influential precedent that still reverberates in our time.
This show offers a rare view of the gestural line of Hartung and Mathieu, expanding out across time and geography up to Helton. Allusions to musical rhythm, Eastern calligraphy, characters, and other symbolism tie these artists to the field of written expression. Also evident is a shared preoccupation of rendering motion and energy. Their wide repertoire of painted scrawls, scratches, brushwork and splodges finds a fresh vantage alongside Helton’s deftly balanced dynamic forms.
Opera Gallery New York invites you to experience the unique works of these influential artists and be part of their dialogue weaved through this unprecedented exhibition.
SELECTED WORKS
Georges Mathieu, Usuard, 1956
Oil on canvas
200 x 100 cm | 78.7 x 39.4 in
Hans Hartung, T-1972-H4, 1972
Acrylic and oil on canvas
65 x 91,4 cm | 25.5 x 36 in
Hans Hartung, T1986-H34, 1986
Acrylic on canvas
180 x 250 cm | 70.9 x 98.4 in
John Helton, Horizon, 2018
Bronze
254 x 127 x 114 cm | 100 x 50 x 44.9 in
Georges Mathieu, Charans, 1970
Oil on canvas
65 x 92 cm | 25.6 x 36.2 in
Georges Mathieu, Composition, 1958
Oil on canvas
81 x 130 cm | 31.9 x 51.2 in
Hans Hartung, T1971-E21, 1971
Acrylic on canvas
81 x 65 cm | 31.9 x 25.6 in