On Exhibition
正在展出

Blue River Is Running!
藍河在奔跑
The world-renowned Abstract Concrete Art Master Gary Komarin's Painting Solo Exhibition
美國現代抽象具體藝術大師 加里 • 科馬林 繪畫個展 

展期 On View: December 15th, 2024 - January 15th, 2025

Organizer: Murray Hill Art Museum
主辦：美國穆瑞山藝術博物館
Curator: Huang Hui 
策展人：黃輝 

Blue River Running - Komarin Solo Exhibition

From December 15, 2024, to January 15, 2025, the Murray Hill Art Museum will hold the solo exhibition "Blue River Running" by the world-renowned abstract art master Gary Komarin.
The exhibition will display Komarin's poetic and passionate oil paintings and works on paper, including the most representative works of the "Cake," "Vessel," and "River" series.
The pop art-style "Cake" series is regarded as Komarin's most representative and successful work. The roughly outlined central image - the cake, appears repeatedly on a series of subtle lyrical backgrounds.
The "Vessel" series expresses the artist's "primitive form of time confrontation" through painting. Komarin has always been fascinated by the structure and shape of traditional vases - various vases from early Egyptian, Mayan civilization, or ancient Greece, with excellent balance and solemnity. He seeks inspiration from the form of these traditional objects, partly because of their eternal nature. For Komarin, painting vases is a very malleable activity - "It allows me to make a lot of interesting changes, and no one knows what they will eventually become."
The "River" series comprehensively reflects Komarin's understanding and innovation of abstract painting. He believes that in abstract painting, color is considered the main means of expression and communication, more important than form, line, and content. Color relies on its power to convey emotions, moods, and feelings. This exhibition's "River" series fully demonstrates Komarin's expression and mastery of color. Each painting handles and controls color differently; they are bold and vibrant, like poetry.
As for Komarin, abstraction is never a dead end. On the contrary, abstract painting allows him to challenge the limitations and diversity of style, making the painting "contain more" because recognizable images lose too much.
Gary Komarin is a contemporary artist born in New York City who is deeply influenced by the "New York School," especially his mentor Philip Guston at Boston University. His unique sense of form and way of painting have influenced Komarin's artistic thought and creation. His works echo the most active New York art since the 1960s—abstract expressionism and pop art—and are in the same vein as the "New York School."
As early as 1996, Gary Komarin's works were exhibitied along with Basquiat, Philip Guston, and other painters. Robert Motherwell and Clyfford Still, representative artists of American abstract art, are mentors and friends in his artistic career.
In October 2024, Komarin's third solo exhibition, "Landscape with a Cup," was held in Seoul, South Korea, and upcoming solo exhibitions include a show in South America. Subsequent solo exhibitions in New York, London, Vienna, Hong Kong, and Shanghai will also be held the exhibitions one after another.
Over the years, Komarin's works have been well-received and widely praised by audiences worldwide, making Komarin deeply satisfied and highly excited. “It’s amazing! One need not speak English to get involved with my painting. As my work speaks to the human condition, the audience is multi-various and culturally very open-ended. My work speaks to all people. ” Komarin said.
Yang Hao, curator of Murray Hill Art Museum, said: "Komarin's works are not only touching but also express the most intriguing images of our time - fairy tales, dreams, fragility, alienation, etc. This exhibition will show Gary Komarin, a great artist, his profound thinking about our times and infinite sympathy and love for humanity!"

Exhibition information
Artist: Gary Komarin
Exhibition Theme : Blue River Running
Exhibition Time: Dec. 15th, 2024 - Jan. 15th, 2025
Opening Time: December 15 (Sunday) 14:00
Exhibition address: Murray Hill Art Museum (Murray Hill, NY 11354) Reservation number: 516-376-9552

蓝河在奔跑——加里·科马林近作展

2024年12月15日至2025年1月15日，美国穆瑞山艺术博物馆（Murray Hill Art Museum）将举办享誉世界的抽象艺术大师加里·科马林（Gary Komarin）个展“蓝河在奔跑”（Blue River Running）。
展览将展出柯科马林充满诗意与激情的油画与纸上作品，包括最具代表性的“蛋糕”、“花瓶”与“河流”系列新作。波普艺术风格的“蛋糕”系列，被视为科马林最具代表性、最成功的作品，粗略勾勒的中心图像——蛋糕，在一系列微妙的抒情背景上反复出现。
“花瓶”系列则是艺术家通过绘画，表现“原始形式的时间对抗”。 科马林一直对那些传统花瓶的结构和形状着迷——早期的埃及、玛雅文明或古希腊的各式花瓶，具有极佳的平衡感和庄重感，他从这些传统物品的形式中寻找灵感，部分原因是它们永恒的本质。对于科马林而言，绘制花瓶是一项非常具有可塑性的活动——“它让我可以进行大量有趣的变化，没有人知道它们最终会变成什么样子。”
“河流”系列则最全面地体现了科马林对于抽象绘画的理解与革新。他认为，在抽象绘画中，色彩通常被用作表达和交流的主要手段，且比形式、线条和内容更重要。色彩在很大程度上依赖于其传达情绪、心情和感觉的力量。本次展览的“河流”系列，充分展示了科马林对色彩的表达与掌握，每一幅画作对色彩处理和把控方式都不同，大胆而充满活力，宛如诗歌一般令人迷恋！
对于艺术家科马林而言，抽象从来都不是死胡同。相反，抽象绘画能够让他挑战风格的局限性与多样性，使绘画“包含更多”，因为可识别的图像反而“失去”了太多，他的抽象可能更激进。 出生于纽约市的当代艺术家加里·科马林，深受“纽约画派”影响，尤其是他在波士顿大学的导师菲利普·加斯顿（Philip Guston），他的老师独特的形式感和对绘画创作的方式影响了科马林的艺术创作。他的作品，又与20世纪60年代以来最活跃的纽约艺术——抽象表现主义与波普艺术遥相呼应，与“纽约画派”一脉相承，他的风格被定义为抽象具体主义。
早在1996年，加里·科马林的作品就与巴斯奎特、菲利普·加斯顿等画家的作品同场展出。美国抽象艺术代表艺术家罗伯特·马瑟韦尔（Robert Motherwell）、克莱福德·斯蒂尔（Clyfford Still）都是其艺术生涯中的良师益友。
2024年10月，科马林的在韩国首尔的第三次个人作品展“带杯子的风景”（Landscape with a Cup）举行，南美的一场个人作品展正在举行，随后的纽约、维也纳、威尼斯、香港与上海个人作品展也将陆续展开。
多年来，科马林的作品深受世界各地观众的欢迎，获得广泛的赞誉，这也让70多岁的科马林深感安慰，异常兴奋。“这真的很神奇！人们不需要会说英语，就可以与我的绘画对话。因为我的作品反映了人类的状况，观众是多样化的，且在文化上非常开放——我的作品和所有人都能对话。”科马林说。
穆瑞山艺术博物馆杨皓表示：“柯马林的作品不仅让人感动，而且表达的物象是我们这个时代最耐人寻味的——童话、梦境、易碎与疏离等，这次展览将展现加里·柯马林这位伟大的艺术家对我们身处时代的深刻思考和对人类无限的同情与爱！”

展览信息
艺术家：加里·柯马林（Gary Komarin）
展览名称：蓝河在奔跑（Blue River Running）
展览时间：2024年12月15日至2025年1月15日
开幕时间：12月15日（周日，美东时间）14:00
展览地址：穆瑞山艺术博物馆（Murray Hill Art Museum, Murray Hill，NY 11354）
观展需预约，预约电话：516-376-9552