Exhibition Record, Bibliography, and Collections
Solo Exhibitions
1990 JGM Gallery, Paris, “Joseph Amar, Oeuvres Récentes”
1990 Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1989 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
1989 Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1988 Stux Gallery, New York
1987 Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1986 Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1984 Sue Ellen Haber Gallery, New York
1984 O.K. Harris Gallery, New York
1980 Loranger Gallery, Toronto
1979 Paintings and Works on Paper by Joseph Amar, Gallery O, Toronto
1979 Manulife Center, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
1991 Sélection, Musée d'Art Contemporain (Fondation Asher Edelman), Lausanne, Switzerland (June 10–Oct 13)
1991 Painting Into Object, Stark Gallery, New York (June 4–29)
1991 Working with Wax: Ten Contemporary Artists, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York (May–June)
1990 Lead & Wax, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco (included Joseph Beuys)
1990 Drawings, Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York (included Ruscha, Artschwager, Nauman)
1990 Homage to the Square, Norah Haime Gallery, New York
1989 Works on Lead, Norah Haime Gallery, New York
1989 Simply Stated, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore (included Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Osama Tanaka)
1988 Surface and Intent, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
1988(ca.) Sculpture and Drawings, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York
1988 The Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine
1988 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
1988 Elements, Stavaridis Gallery, Boston
1988 Paintings, Stavaridis Gallery, Boston (2-person, with Lowell Vesch)
1988 Unpainted Metal, John Davis Gallery, New York
1988 Summer Review, Stux Gallery, New York (notable: with Mike & Doug Starn)
1987 Lead, Hirschl + Adler Gallery, New York
1987 Five Abstract Artists, Maloney Gallery, Santa Monica, Calif. (notable: with Tad Wiley)
1987-88 Similia/Dissimilia: Modes of Abstractions in Painting, Sculpture and Photography Today (this exhibition originated at the Städtische Kunsthalle/ Stedelijk Museum, Düsseldorf, and in New York at the Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University; the Leo Castelli Gallery; and, Sonnabend Galleries.)
1987 Gallery Artists, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1987 Sculpture, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1986 Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1986 Paintings, Stavaridis Gallery, Boston
1986 OK Harris Works of Art, New York
1986 Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1985 Recent Work by Gallery Artists, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1984 Gallery Artists, OK Harris Works of Art, New York
1983 Spirals and Knots, Sue Ellen Haber Gallery, New York
1982 Summer Invitational, OK Harris Works of Art, New York
1982 Works On Paper, David Anderson Gallery, New York
1982 Group International, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York
1982 Brooklyn Trash, BABC, Brooklyn, New York
1981 O.K. Harris Gallery, New York
1980 Contemporaries 80, London Regional Gallery, London, Ontario
1980 Harborfront Gallery, Toronto
1977 University of Montreal
Bibliography
1991 Sélection. (Lausanne, Switzerland, Musée d'Art Contemporain (p.22–23, essay by Charles A. Riley II)
1989 “Simplicity Is Deceptive in Show at Grimaldis Gallery” John Dorsey, The Sun, October 6
1989 “Art: Artists Speak with Simple Vocabularies of Form in Anderson Show,” Jill Melichar, Style Weekly, Jan. 19
1989 “Three from New York Find ‘Messages’ in the Material” Robert Merritt, Richmond Times- Dispatch, Jan. 19
1989 “Art and Life” by Roy Proctor, The Richmond News Leader, January 21
1988 “Joseph Amar,” by Kate Linker, Artforum, Jan.
1988 Surface and Intent, catalogue, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
1988 The Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, Maine
1987 Jones, Muffett. Essay, “Joseph Amar” in Similia/Dissimilia: Modes of Abstractions in Painting, Sculpture and Photography (New York: Rizzoli, 1987)
1987 “Joseph Amar at Bess Cutler,” Stephen Westfall
?1987 Art In America, February
1983 “Joseph Amar at the Fine Line Gallery,” Corrine Mandel
1983 Arts, Spring, Canada
1980 “Joseph Amar – Artist” Bruce Powe, The Downtowner, January 30
1980 “Review,” Lydia Pawlen, Arts Canada: Contemporaries 80, catalogue, London Regional Gallery, Ontario (Introduction by Paddy O’Brian)
Museum Collections
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
Musée d'Art Contemporain (Fondation Asher Edelman), Lausanne, Switzerland
Corporate Collections
Harmony Pictures, Los Angeles
Canada Council Art Bank
Citicorp Canada, Edmonton
Coopers and Lybrand, Toronto
Gemmell and Scott, Toronto
Northern Telecom, Toronto
Vecta Corporation, Dallas
Private Collections
Emily & Jerry Spiegel
Yoko Ono
Elton John
Bianca Jagger
Robert Lieberman, Los Angeles
William Bennett, Toronto
Clayton Ruby, Toronto
Stephen Freedhoff, Toronto
Harvey Kaplovitch, Toronto
Jalynn Bennett, Toronto
Michael Caroline, Toronto