Baroquecoco Bodega Christopher Beane
Christopher Beane Baroquecoco Bodega
June 2023
In Baroquecoco Bodega, Beane continues to masterfully synthesize a diverse range of mediums as he continues pushing the boundaries of this very personal visual vocabulary. Beane uses his keen eye and remarkable sense of color to reinterpret both the vibrant energy of the city and his experience with the awe-inspiring beauty of nature.
“When I agreed to write an essay for Beane’s book (Beane Flower. Artisan, 2008), at the request of a mutual friend, I had no idea I would be writing about one of the greatest photographers I have ever run across. It was easy enough for me to locate his position in the history of photography and art as a whole. I saw its importance immediately. Such an approach hardly begins to meet the challenge of explaining his work.”
-Curator and Art Historian, Anthony F. Janson501 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 206-6872
Email: info@jimkempner.com www.jimkempnerfineart.com
Blue Boot Genesis (Baroquecoco Series), 2018
Printed 2023
Flex chromogenic 32 x 24”
Edition of 3
Bodega (Baroquecoco Series), 2018 Flex chromogenic 62 x 48”
of 3 Printed 2023
Baroquecoco
Edition
Popped Cherry (Baroquecoco Series), 2023
Flex chromogenic
48 x 36”
Edition of 3
TBV Graffiti Garderns #12, 2023 Mixed media 27 1/4 x 79”
Enamel Brooch II, 2017
Mixed media 18 1/2 x 15 3/4”
Vermeer’s Floor (Baroquecoco Series), 2022 Flex chromogenic 48 x 36” Edition of 3 Printed 2023
Spoke Trellis with Lily and Dahlia (Baroquecoco Series), 2021
Flex chromogenic print
48 x 36”
Edition of 3
Printed 2023
Daffodil and Sweet Pea Orgy (Baroquecoco Series), 2023
Flex chromogenic print
48
36” Edition
3
x
of
TBV Graffiti Petals #39, 2023 Mixed media on paper 26 x 19 3/4”
Casa Studies (Pink Calamari), 2018
Mixed media
13 1/2 x 15 1/2”
TBV Graffiti Gardens #13, 2023
Mixed media
27 1/2 x 58 1/4”
Ranunculus Grid Variant I, 2023
Chromogenic print
Unique variation 27 5/8 x 49 3/4”
Titian’s Ring (from the Ranunculus Series), 1997-2010
Flex chromogenic print
36 x 30”
Edition of 3
Delphinium Dahlias (Baroquecoco Series), 2022 Flex chromogenic print 48 x 36” Edition of 3
TBV Graffiti Petals #42, 2023
Mixed media on paper 26 x 19 3/4”
TBV Graffiti Petals #32, 2023 Mixed media on paper 26 x 19 3/4”
TBV Graffiti Petals #44, 2023
Mixed media on paper 26 x 19 3/4”
TBV Graffiti Petals #43, 2023
Mixed media on paper 26 x 19 3/4”
Casa Studies VIII, 2018
Mixed media 11 1/2 x 8 1/2”
Enamel Brooch
,
Mixed media 23 1/2 x 12 1/22”
V
2017
Violet and Neon (Baroquecoco Series), 2022
Flex chromogenic print
48 x 36”
Edition of 3
Casa Studies VII, 2018
Mixed media
11 1/2 x 8 1/2”
Covid Roses (Baroquecoco Series), 2023 Flex chromogenic print 48 x 36” Edition of 3
Casa Studies III, 2018
Mixed media
12 1/4 x 18”
Casa Studies VI, 2018
Mixed media
11 1/2 x 8 1/2”
Tulip Orgy #3, 2011
Silver gelatin print
20 x 16”
Edition of 10
Casa Studies V, 2018 Mixed media 12 1/4 x 10 3/4”
TBV Collage #6, 2021 Mixed media on paper 49 x 32”
Enamel Brooch III, 2017
Mixed media 17 1/2 x 15 1/2”
TBV Window Box 12, 2022
Mixed media
20 x 34 1/4”
Enamel Brooch VI, 2017
Mixed media
18 1/4 x 14 1/2”
Snow Berries Dahlias (Baroquecoco Series), 2022
Flex
48 x 36” Edition of 3
chromogenic print
Sailors’ Jewels (Baroquecoco Series), 2023
Flex chromogenic print
62 x 48”
Edition of 3
TBV Graffiti Gardens #17, 2023 Mixed media 27 1/2 x 71 3/4”
Enamel Brooch I, 2017
Mixed media
19 1/2 x 13 1/4”
Lavender Water Lily, 2000 Cibachrome print 24 x 20” Edition of 10
TBV Graffiti Gardens #2, 2022
Mixed media 25 x 65”
Fried Eggs and Peonies (Baroquecoco Series), 2022
Flex chromogenic print
32 x 24”
Edition of 3
TBV Window Box 3, 2022
Mixed media
18 x 35”
Thousand Eyes, Silk Avenue (Baroquecoco Series), 2023
Flex chromogenic print
62 x 48”
Edition of 3
Jim Kempner has been an art dealer, based in New York, since 1987. His focus has always been to be accessible to everyone, from the new collector, to the museum curator, to the curious neighbor who walks in off the street. For over three decades he has placed work in major private collections and museums, worldwide. Since moving to Chelsea in the fall of 1997, Jim has created a program that represents nearly 30 artists of different generations, whose work crosses a broad spectrum of mediums, from painting, drawing, and printmaking to sculpture and multi-media installation. Aside from the artists Jim Kempner Fine Art represents, the gallery spotlights work from the mid- to late-20th century. As a leading expert in prints, Jim represents the Dedalus Foundation (Robert Motherwell’s print archive) and has been a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) for over 25 years.
Jim thrives on the relationships he fosters with his artists and his clients. These relationships have led to many artist commissions and projects such as published editions with Bernar Venet, Paula Scher, Robert Indiana, Charlie Hewitt and Rinaldo Frattolillo, as well as Gianfranco Gorgoni’s photographs of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty. Other significant gallery publications/collaborations include the book Tracks, published in conjunction with the gallery’s 2015 survey exhibition of Rauschenberg’s Tracks series; LigoranoReese’s Line Up portfolio - in collaboration with Dru Arstark (under the name “Madness of Art Editions”) - as well as their 2020 sculpture, The Persistence of Truth. The gallery has worked with Yoko Ono three different times including, her interactive Wish Tree, in the Kempner sculpture garden.
Jim Kempner is also the creator/writer/star of the cult comedy web-series The Madness of Art, as well as the artistic creator of three editioned prints.
Jim Kempner Fine Art, on the corner of 23rd and 10th, continues to imbue that old-school art world feel: a place where his artists, clients and neighbors regularly stop by to view great work, hang out for a bit and talk art, life and the gap between.
501 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 206-6872 Email: info@jimkempner.com www.jimkempnerfineart.com
