THE CONTESSA GALLERY ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A NEW EXHIBITION

NATVAR BHAVSAR: RESONANCE OF COLOR
February 10 - March 18, 2012

Natvar Bhavsar (b. 1934-) is one of the most influential members of New York school of colorists and is recognized by critics and art historians as having extended the language of abstract expressionism and color field painting. As a result of an intensive exploration of the effects of pure color and his refined use of powdered pigments, inspired by artistic and social traditions of his Indian heritage, he has created one of the most individualistic and distinctive bodies of work to be associated with the style of Color Field painting - combining pure essence of color, sensual tactility, and the impact of size. Bhavsar's paintings belong to both India and New York - he straddles both, transcends both and brings together the essence of East and West. His paintings are in the collections of the Guggenheim, The Metropolitan and the Whitney.

Ansel Easton ADAMS (1902-1984)
Richard AVEDON (1923-2004)
Hanneke BEAUMONT (1947)
Louise NEVELSON (1899-1988)
Natvar Prahladji BHAVSAR (1934)
Fernando BOTERO (1932)
Margaret BOURKE-WHITE (1904-1971)
Henri CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Lynn Russell CHADWICK (1914-2003)
Chuck CLOSE (1940)
Salvador DALI (1904-1989)
Jim DINE (1935)
David DREBIN (1970)
Alfred EISENSTAEDT (1898-1995)
Andreas FEININGER (1906-1999)
Lyonel FEININGER (1871-1956)
Helen FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011)
Frederick Elliot HART (1943-1999)
Sean HENRY (1965)
Horst P. HORST (1906-1999)
Jasper JOHNS (1930)
Wolf KAHN (1927)
William KLEIN (1928)
Jon KUHN (1949)
Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Jacques LIPCHITZ (1891-1973)
Joan MIRO (1893-1983)
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Markus PIERSON (1961)
Stephen Rolfe POWELL (1953)
Robert RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008)
Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919)
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Auguste RODIN (1840-1917)
James ROSENQUIST (1933)
Sophie RYDER (1963)
Jack SPENCER (1951)
Frank STELLA (1936)
Robert SWEDROE (1934)
Henri DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
Andy WARHOL (1928-1987)
Tom WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
Edward Henry WESTON (1886-1958)

Current Exhibition

Natvar Bhavsar: Resonance of Color
February 10 - March 18, 2012

Future Exhibitions and Art Fairs

Art Naples, 2012
March 22 - 26, 2012

Past Exhibitions and Art Fairs

Art Palm Beach, 2012, January 20 - 23, 2012
Art Miami, 2012, November 30 - December 4, 2011
Robert Swedroe: New Works in New Media, August 12 - September 18, 2011
The Works of Thomas Scoon
July 10 - Sugust 28, 2011

Jane Manus: Constructive Angles
April 8 - May 8, 2011

David Drebin
February 11 - April 10, 2011

The Armory Show - Modern
March 3 - March 6, 2011