Dante’s Blaze Christopher Beane
Mixed media on panel
48 x 24 Inches
Continuing concept simple materials,
Blaze XX, 2025
Continuing his exploration of collage, Christopher Beane’s new Blaze works expand the concept of color theory and color interaction and presents the relationships between materials, texture, and painting in a novel way.
37 1/4 x 26 1/4 inches
Blaze XIII, 2025
Mixed media on panel
Blaze XI, 2025
Mixed media on panel
39 x 24 1/2 inches
Wooden panels brightly ablaze hinged with hand sewn canvas swathes encourage viewer to contemplate the relationship of color value and hues. The interplay of these disparate elements creates a harmony and balance, simultaneously glowing brightly kaleidoscopicly vibrant.
Blaze XIX, 2025
Mixed media on panel 46 x 25 inches
Blaze XVIII, 2025
Mixed media on panel 46 x 27 inches
Blaze VIII, 2025
Mixed media on panel
30 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches
IX, 2025
Mixed media on panel
30 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches
Blaze
These brightly colored panels evoke hints of the vernacular and primitive art, hand sewn and painted, like a well thought out crazy quilt. Simple materials displayed in an unconventional manner challenge the idea of painting and how a painting should look. Disregarding standard perspective, the rawness of the canvas creates a congenial environment for each panels’ foreground and background.
Blaze X, 2025
Mixed media on panel
43 x 24 1/2 inches
Blaze XII, 2025
Mixed media on panel
35 ¼ x 24 inches
Mixed media on panel 33 x 16 1/4 inches
Similar to Beane’s Silk Avenue series of photographs, the foreground and background fuse
Blaze XVI, 2025
Mixed media on panel 33 x 16 1/4 inches
fuse together, complimenting and contrasting each other through color surface and texture.
Blaze XVII, 2025
Mixed media on panel
33 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches
Blaze XV, 2025
In these times of uncertainty, frustration, chaos, confusion and isolation, we hope Beane’s Dante’s Blaze paintings evoke the feelings Christopher feels while he’s creating them:
Blaze XIV, 2025
Mixed media on panel
35 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches
Mixed media on panel
37 x 20 inches
Blaze IV, 2025
ABLAZE with Passion Optimism Courage
Hope Renewal and Uplift
Blaze I, 2025
Mixed media on panel
35 x 22 1/2 inches
Blaze VII, 2025
Mixed media on panel
34 x 24 1/2 inches
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Jim Kempner Fine Art specializes in contemporary art, with a strong focus on master prints. Since opening in 1997 in Chelsea, the gallery has built an exceptional inventory for both seasoned and emerging collectors. Featuring prints and works on paper by modern and contemporary masters like Louise Bourgeois, Jasper Johns, Helen Frankenthaler, and Robert Rauschenberg, we also represent dynamic painters, photographers, and sculptors, including Christopher Beane, Charlie Hewitt, and Boaz Vaadia. Committed to education and engagement, the gallery fosters a deeper appreciation for collecting at all levels.
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