Joseph Amar Exhibition History

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