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From antiquity to the present, artists have relied on gestures to communicate different levels of meaning in their work. Gestures replace speech: they can dramatically draw a viewer into the experience of a work of art; they can direct thought into performance. Earlier in this century, for example, Max Ernst appropriated the image of a gesturing hand to link the space of the image to that of the viewer. For Ernst, the gesturing hand became a “third person” in the encounter between the viewer and the object. The exhibition, Third Person, focuses on 20th century artists who, like Ernst, have used gesture to choreograph and direct the viewer experience.
Third Person includes works by artists William Anastasi, Polly Apfelbaum, Chuck Close, Jessica Diamond, Jim Dine, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Eric Fischl, Philip Guston, Gary Komarin, Leon Levinstein, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tom Marioni, Gjon Mili, James Nares, Claes Oldenburg, Liliana Porter, Rebecca Quaytman, Paul Henry Ramirez and David Smith. The twenty-two works include painting, prints, photographs and other works on paper.
Third Person was conceived by Helen Varola and organized by Art Assets LLC, which places art into the business community worldwide, with thanks to Shorenstein Asset Services
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