Jacob Collins: Figures
October 6th - November 4th 2006
October 6th - November 4th 2006
Hirschl & Adler Modern is pleased to announce Jacob Collins: Figures, the artist's second solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition features more than twenty oil paintings and a selection of graphite drawings, the subject of which are nudes, figures, and portraits, all painted from life.
Collins' 2004 exhibition featured an ambitious array of the varied subjects he loves to paint: interiors, still lifes, portraits, figures, and landscapes.
In the two years since, he has continued his passionate and indefatigable mission to paint what he calls "Traditional Art": art that is real, beautiful, gutsy, well drawn, subtle, humanist, deeply felt, intelligent, slowly learned, and finely made.
For the first time in his career, Collins has committed an entire exhibition to a body of work devoted solely to the human form. These unorthodox nudes and other figurative paintings affirm his unparalleled mastery and skill, while showcasing his great understanding of human anatomy, psychology, and emotion. His work is unveiled through a framework of traditional aesthetic values, painterly conventions, and classical ideals.
However, what makes these works extraordinary is his unbiased empiricism—the honest and direct observation of the world around him as he sees it—in recording the blemishes and imperfections of figure and flesh of these very real men and women.
Through this bold exhibition of recent figurative paintings at Hirschl & Adler Modern, Collins continues to lead the way for a new generation of representational artists striving for excellence, for whom tradition is held in the highest esteem. In addition to founding and directing his own private art school, The Water Street Atelier, Collins continues to champion the importance of classical training as he is a driving force behind the newly founded Grand Central Academy of Art in the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America.
Collins' 2004 exhibition featured an ambitious array of the varied subjects he loves to paint: interiors, still lifes, portraits, figures, and landscapes.
In the two years since, he has continued his passionate and indefatigable mission to paint what he calls "Traditional Art": art that is real, beautiful, gutsy, well drawn, subtle, humanist, deeply felt, intelligent, slowly learned, and finely made.
For the first time in his career, Collins has committed an entire exhibition to a body of work devoted solely to the human form. These unorthodox nudes and other figurative paintings affirm his unparalleled mastery and skill, while showcasing his great understanding of human anatomy, psychology, and emotion. His work is unveiled through a framework of traditional aesthetic values, painterly conventions, and classical ideals.
However, what makes these works extraordinary is his unbiased empiricism—the honest and direct observation of the world around him as he sees it—in recording the blemishes and imperfections of figure and flesh of these very real men and women.
Through this bold exhibition of recent figurative paintings at Hirschl & Adler Modern, Collins continues to lead the way for a new generation of representational artists striving for excellence, for whom tradition is held in the highest esteem. In addition to founding and directing his own private art school, The Water Street Atelier, Collins continues to champion the importance of classical training as he is a driving force behind the newly founded Grand Central Academy of Art in the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America.