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CarlPalazzolo CarlPalazzoloNewPaintingsApril27June82013openingreceptionThursdayMay268pmLennonWeinberginc.514West25StreetNewYorkNewYork100012129410012lennonweinberg.com Aesop201172x60inchesoilacrylicinkpenciloncanvas MeMentoMoriAesopistheearliestothepaintingsinthisexhibitionandisthemostcloselyrelatedtothepriorcycleoworktitledTracesofAbsencethatwaspresentedinCarlPalazzolossoloexhibitionatTexasGalleryinHoustonseveralyearsago.Eachpaintinginthatserieseaturedanobjectthatservedtoanchoralayeredcompositionosubtlymodulatedcoloredeldsreehandbrushstrokesandascatterorosepetalsandnumbersacrossthesurace.Detlycombiningaspectsocolor-eldpaintinggesturalabstractionrealismandsymbolismhesetthestageorthepaintedobjectsalightbulbalengthoropeaoldedstripedshirtapairomarblestoplaytheroleomementomori.CarltoldmethatAesopcompletedbeoreheconceivedthetitlemadehimthinkolanguageandstorytellingandthattheobjectinthiscaseayardstickpaintedtoscalelookedlikeananimatecluetoreadingthepaintingsnarrative.Thepetalsarepairedwithnumbersthatliketheyardstickadvanceromonetothirty-sixandareareadilylegiblemetaphororthepassageoourfeetingmeasureotime.Carlspaintingsdevelopslowlyashebuildsandrenesthelayersandthispaintingwasstillontheeaselinthespringo2011whenhelearnedthathiscloseriendoortyyearspainterStephenMuellerhadbeendiagnosedwithcancer.AesopwasunnishedwhenCarlbeganworkonDachandOperaforJ.S..Thethreepaintingsshareavine-liketangleobandedlinethathadrstappearedinwatercolorsmadeduring oneothevisitsthatCarlandStephenmadeeachyeartotheSpoletoFestivalinCharlestonSouthCarolina.TheywouldstayatthehomeotheirgenerousriendsandcollectorsDavidandCarolRawleandmakewatercolorsbyalovelygarden.HoweverthatyearCarlmadethetripaloneasStephenwasnotwellenoughtotravel.CarlhasdescribedthecentralthemesohisworkasmemoryandlossimpermanenceandanundercurrentolonginganddesiretheprogressionoStephensillnessmadehissenseotheseeelingsallthemoreimmediate.StephendiedinSeptember2011andtherestothepaintingsinthisexhibitionareaparticularlyspecifcandpersonalexpressionohomageappreciationandloveromoneriendandpaintertowardsanother.CarlaskedihemighthavethecanvasdropclothsromStephensstudiothatborethetracesohismaterialsandprocess.Bothpainterssharedaoundationintheoreticalcolor-feldabstractionestablishedduringtheirormaltrainingattheMuseumSchoolinBostonandBenningtonCollegerespectivelywhichservedbothothemwellevenastheyreactedagainstitsconstraints.AndsoitisappropriatethatthesestainedlengthsocanvasspottedandspatteredwiththeresidueoStephensacrylicpaintbecametheactualgroundsortheseriesofvepaintingstitledTearsofThings.InthesepaintingsCarlexchangedthemetaphoricentitiesosymbolicobjectsorelementsthatquoteromStephensownpaintings.Hestretchedsectionsothedropclothsaddedlayersocolortintedrosepetalsandnumbersandintroducedhard-edgedshapesingraduatedcolorsthatechoStephensvocabularyoroundedorms.Theactopaintingonhisriendsdropclothsmusthaveeltbothsolemnandcelebratoryanditissointimatetohaveexposedinthese paintingssuchprivateeelingsomourningandloss.ForapainterwhodecadesearliercreatedacycleoworksthatdeconstructedtheelegantlydispassionateJohnSingerSargentportraitTheDaughtersofEdwardBoittheTearsofThingsseriesisaseloquentastatementotheunderlyingthemesinCarlsworkashehaseverproduced.Thesearebeautiulpaintingsormallytechnicallyandemotionally.Thentherearetheragrances.ThoseouswhoknewStephenhaveanindeliblememoryothemingledaromasoincensetobaccoandscentthatperumedhisstudioandhisperson.Carlhasmadeaseriesoninepaintingsinatwelve-by-twelveinchormatthatbothheandStephenusedonandofovertheyears.Eachdepictsthebottleoaparticularbrandoragranceeachrepresentingamemoryowhereitwaspurchasedandwhyitwaschosenwhenitwaswornandwithwhomitwasshared.Thesepaintingsarepersonalinthenestandmostmeaningulway.CarlPalazzolohasbeenanintegralpartotheLennonWeinberggalleryoralloourtwenty-veyears.Includingthisonewehavepresentedsixsoloexhibitionsohiswork.Allhavebeenriewithreerencesthatgobeyondthepersonalanddemonstratehisintelligenceandwitaswellasastancethatvaluessincerityoverirony.Theverylongevityoourrelationshipdeepensmyunderstandingothehumanitythathasshapedthisspecialbodyowork.JillWeinbergAdamsMarch2013 TearsofThings1201240x36inchesoilandacryliconcanvas TearsofThings2201240x72inchesoilandacryliconcanvas FragrancesforStephen9TabacBlonde201312x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvasFragrancesforStephen5ShellyMarksJasmine2012201312x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas FragrancesforStephen3PenhaligansBluebell201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvasFragrancesforStephen2CaronRoyalBaindeChampagne201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas Dach201224x96inchesoilacrylicinkpencilonpaperandcanvas OperaforJ.S.201240x80inchesoilacrylicinkpenciloncanvas TearsofThings3201240x36inchesoilandacryliconcanvas TearsofThings4201240x72inchesoilandacryliconcanvas FragrancesforStephen7SergeLutensIrisSilverMist201312x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvasFragrancesforStephen6KnizeSec201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas FragrancesforStephen1AcquadiParma201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvasFragrancesforStephen4GuerlainJicky201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas FragrancesforStephen8Spruce201312x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas TearsofThings5201340x36inchesoilacrylicinkpenciloncanvas BorninTorringtonConnecticutPalazzolostudiedattheSchoolotheMuseumoFineArtsBostoninthelate1960s.HeexhibitedregularlyinestablishedBostongalleriesduringthe1970sandcontinuedtodosolongaterhemovedtoNewYorkin1975.Hisworkwasincludedinthe1975WhitneyBiennialandhehadaseriesoexhibitionsatBetteStolerGalleryinTribeca.Theprevalenceointerestinfgurationandnarrativeinrelationtoabstractioninpaintingledtohisinclusioninnumerousgroupshowsduringthe1980s.LennonWeinbergrepresentsCarlPalazzoloinNewYorkandhaspresentedsixexhibitionsohispaintingsandwatercolorssince1988.HehasalsohadsoloshowsatTexasGalleryinHoustonRebeccaIbelGalleryinColumbusOhioRobertBowmanLtdinLondonStephenWirtzGalleryinSanFranciscoMargueriteOestreicherFineArtsinNewOrleansandThomasBabeorinLaJollaCaliornia.InherroleascuratorJoanSonnabendoObeliskGalleryinBostonanearlyandlongtimesupporteroPalazzolosworkacquiredmanyworksorthecollectionsotheinternationalSonestaHotels.Hisworkisrepresentedinnumerouspublicandprivatecollections.PalazzolohastaughtattheSchoolotheMuseumoFineArtsBostontheUniversityoNewOrleansMassachusettsCollegeoArttheSchooloVisualArtsandSyracuseUniversity.HehasreceivedgrantsandawardsromtheNationalEndowmentortheArtsMassachusettsCouncilontheArtstheMuseumoFineArtsBostonandthePeterReedFoundation.Inconjunctionwiththe2013SpoletoFestivalUSAtheGibbesMuseuminCharlestonSouthCarolinawillpresentTheSpoletoWatercolorsofStephenMuellerandCarlPalazzolofromthecollectionofDavidandCarolRawle.TheexhibitionwillbeonviewromMay24toSeptember152013.PalazzololivesandworksinHoustonTexasandRobinhoodMaine. LennonWeinberginc.
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CarlPalazzolo CarlPalazzoloNewPaintingsApril27June82013openingreceptionThursdayMay268pmLennonWeinberginc.514West25StreetNewYorkNewYork100012129410012lennonweinberg.com Aesop201172x60inchesoilacrylicinkpenciloncanvas MeMentoMoriAesopistheearliestothepaintingsinthisexhibitionandisthemostcloselyrelatedtothepriorcycleoworktitledTracesofAbsencethatwaspresentedinCarlPalazzolossoloexhibitionatTexasGalleryinHoustonseveralyearsago.Eachpaintinginthatserieseaturedanobjectthatservedtoanchoralayeredcompositionosubtlymodulatedcoloredeldsreehandbrushstrokesandascatterorosepetalsandnumbersacrossthesurace.Detlycombiningaspectsocolor-eldpaintinggesturalabstractionrealismandsymbolismhesetthestageorthepaintedobjectsalightbulbalengthoropeaoldedstripedshirtapairomarblestoplaytheroleomementomori.CarltoldmethatAesopcompletedbeoreheconceivedthetitlemadehimthinkolanguageandstorytellingandthattheobjectinthiscaseayardstickpaintedtoscalelookedlikeananimatecluetoreadingthepaintingsnarrative.Thepetalsarepairedwithnumbersthatliketheyardstickadvanceromonetothirty-sixandareareadilylegiblemetaphororthepassageoourfeetingmeasureotime.Carlspaintingsdevelopslowlyashebuildsandrenesthelayersandthispaintingwasstillontheeaselinthespringo2011whenhelearnedthathiscloseriendoortyyearspainterStephenMuellerhadbeendiagnosedwithcancer.AesopwasunnishedwhenCarlbeganworkonDachandOperaforJ.S..Thethreepaintingsshareavine-liketangleobandedlinethathadrstappearedinwatercolorsmadeduring oneothevisitsthatCarlandStephenmadeeachyeartotheSpoletoFestivalinCharlestonSouthCarolina.TheywouldstayatthehomeotheirgenerousriendsandcollectorsDavidandCarolRawleandmakewatercolorsbyalovelygarden.HoweverthatyearCarlmadethetripaloneasStephenwasnotwellenoughtotravel.CarlhasdescribedthecentralthemesohisworkasmemoryandlossimpermanenceandanundercurrentolonginganddesiretheprogressionoStephensillnessmadehissenseotheseeelingsallthemoreimmediate.StephendiedinSeptember2011andtherestothepaintingsinthisexhibitionareaparticularlyspecifcandpersonalexpressionohomageappreciationandloveromoneriendandpaintertowardsanother.CarlaskedihemighthavethecanvasdropclothsromStephensstudiothatborethetracesohismaterialsandprocess.Bothpainterssharedaoundationintheoreticalcolor-feldabstractionestablishedduringtheirormaltrainingattheMuseumSchoolinBostonandBenningtonCollegerespectivelywhichservedbothothemwellevenastheyreactedagainstitsconstraints.AndsoitisappropriatethatthesestainedlengthsocanvasspottedandspatteredwiththeresidueoStephensacrylicpaintbecametheactualgroundsortheseriesofvepaintingstitledTearsofThings.InthesepaintingsCarlexchangedthemetaphoricentitiesosymbolicobjectsorelementsthatquoteromStephensownpaintings.Hestretchedsectionsothedropclothsaddedlayersocolortintedrosepetalsandnumbersandintroducedhard-edgedshapesingraduatedcolorsthatechoStephensvocabularyoroundedorms.Theactopaintingonhisriendsdropclothsmusthaveeltbothsolemnandcelebratoryanditissointimatetohaveexposedinthese paintingssuchprivateeelingsomourningandloss.ForapainterwhodecadesearliercreatedacycleoworksthatdeconstructedtheelegantlydispassionateJohnSingerSargentportraitTheDaughtersofEdwardBoittheTearsofThingsseriesisaseloquentastatementotheunderlyingthemesinCarlsworkashehaseverproduced.Thesearebeautiulpaintingsormallytechnicallyandemotionally.Thentherearetheragrances.ThoseouswhoknewStephenhaveanindeliblememoryothemingledaromasoincensetobaccoandscentthatperumedhisstudioandhisperson.Carlhasmadeaseriesoninepaintingsinatwelve-by-twelveinchormatthatbothheandStephenusedonandofovertheyears.Eachdepictsthebottleoaparticularbrandoragranceeachrepresentingamemoryowhereitwaspurchasedandwhyitwaschosenwhenitwaswornandwithwhomitwasshared.Thesepaintingsarepersonalinthenestandmostmeaningulway.CarlPalazzolohasbeenanintegralpartotheLennonWeinberggalleryoralloourtwenty-veyears.Includingthisonewehavepresentedsixsoloexhibitionsohiswork.Allhavebeenriewithreerencesthatgobeyondthepersonalanddemonstratehisintelligenceandwitaswellasastancethatvaluessincerityoverirony.Theverylongevityoourrelationshipdeepensmyunderstandingothehumanitythathasshapedthisspecialbodyowork.JillWeinbergAdamsMarch2013 TearsofThings1201240x36inchesoilandacryliconcanvas TearsofThings2201240x72inchesoilandacryliconcanvas FragrancesforStephen9TabacBlonde201312x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvasFragrancesforStephen5ShellyMarksJasmine2012201312x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas FragrancesforStephen3PenhaligansBluebell201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvasFragrancesforStephen2CaronRoyalBaindeChampagne201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas Dach201224x96inchesoilacrylicinkpencilonpaperandcanvas OperaforJ.S.201240x80inchesoilacrylicinkpenciloncanvas TearsofThings3201240x36inchesoilandacryliconcanvas TearsofThings4201240x72inchesoilandacryliconcanvas FragrancesforStephen7SergeLutensIrisSilverMist201312x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvasFragrancesforStephen6KnizeSec201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas FragrancesforStephen1AcquadiParma201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvasFragrancesforStephen4GuerlainJicky201212x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas FragrancesforStephen8Spruce201312x12inchesoilacrylicpenciloncanvas TearsofThings5201340x36inchesoilacrylicinkpenciloncanvas BorninTorringtonConnecticutPalazzolostudiedattheSchoolotheMuseumoFineArtsBostoninthelate1960s.HeexhibitedregularlyinestablishedBostongalleriesduringthe1970sandcontinuedtodosolongaterhemovedtoNewYorkin1975.Hisworkwasincludedinthe1975WhitneyBiennialandhehadaseriesoexhibitionsatBetteStolerGalleryinTribeca.Theprevalenceointerestinfgurationandnarrativeinrelationtoabstractioninpaintingledtohisinclusioninnumerousgroupshowsduringthe1980s.LennonWeinbergrepresentsCarlPalazzoloinNewYorkandhaspresentedsixexhibitionsohispaintingsandwatercolorssince1988.HehasalsohadsoloshowsatTexasGalleryinHoustonRebeccaIbelGalleryinColumbusOhioRobertBowmanLtdinLondonStephenWirtzGalleryinSanFranciscoMargueriteOestreicherFineArtsinNewOrleansandThomasBabeorinLaJollaCaliornia.InherroleascuratorJoanSonnabendoObeliskGalleryinBostonanearlyandlongtimesupporteroPalazzolosworkacquiredmanyworksorthecollectionsotheinternationalSonestaHotels.Hisworkisrepresentedinnumerouspublicandprivatecollections.PalazzolohastaughtattheSchoolotheMuseumoFineArtsBostontheUniversityoNewOrleansMassachusettsCollegeoArttheSchooloVisualArtsandSyracuseUniversity.HehasreceivedgrantsandawardsromtheNationalEndowmentortheArtsMassachusettsCouncilontheArtstheMuseumoFineArtsBostonandthePeterReedFoundation.Inconjunctionwiththe2013SpoletoFestivalUSAtheGibbesMuseuminCharlestonSouthCarolinawillpresentTheSpoletoWatercolorsofStephenMuellerandCarlPalazzolofromthecollectionofDavidandCarolRawle.TheexhibitionwillbeonviewromMay24toSeptember152013.PalazzololivesandworksinHoustonTexasandRobinhoodMaine. LennonWeinberginc.