Gerhardt Liebmann is now on view at Mitchell Algus Gallery alongside works by Babette Mangolte and Peter Moore.
The exhibition includes paintings by Liebmann with photographs of Trisha Brown's SoHo roof top dance performances by Babette Mangolte and Peter Moore. In addition, scenes from Louis Johnson’s rediscovered roof top dances from the 1960s that recently appeared in the New York Times as an Op-Docs feature are included.
"Gerhardt Liebmann settled in New York in the early 1960s, taking up residence in a SoHo loft and embarking on a career as a painter. His first paintings, three of which are in the current show, are subtle and meticulously detailed architectural panoramas composed of innumerable bricks. In the 1970s Liebmann began painting softly surreal visions of SoHo roof tops, providing a significant addition to the genre of urban scene painting. Liebmann’s work represents a unique perspective on the motifs of artists such as Martha Diamond and Robert Moskowitz two painters whose work has recently recieved significant notice. The artist’s paintings also evoke a metropolitan perspective on the littoral landscapes of the neo-Romantic painter Leonid Berman."
- Press Release, Mitchell Algus Gallery
Gerhardt Liebmann (1928-1989) opens at Mitchell Algus Gallery on Saturday, May 11 from 5 - 7 PM. The exhibition is on view through Saturday, July 27.
