Helen and Alan Post
hold
affirmed positions of artistic excellence. Throughout their 62-year
marriage, each has also had a large effect upon social and political
environments in California. New art works by the Posts is on exhibit in
November 7-December 7 at the Solomon Dubnick Gallery.
The
couple’s fascinating personal and artistic life is the subject of a
catalogue/book: Helen and Alan Post; A Painting and Sculpture
Retrospective. The publication includes an introduction by Educator
and Curator, Shirley Dubnick, and a historical overview written by their
son David Post, featuring a chronology of unique photographs of the
couple. The 120 page catalogue/book spans from 1938-2002, and contains
120 pages, over 110 illustrations is now available by Solomon Dubnick
Press. You may order by phone, 916.920.4547, fax 916.923.6356. Price is $40.00 plus $6.00 shipping in
USA only (priority) and California tax of 7.75% (CA residents only).
Signed copies available only during duration of exhibition. Credit cards
(fully protected) are accepted by phone. Check with Gallery for shipping
out of USA. Reviews of exhibition are available upon request.
Proving that both
Posts remain prolific long after retirement, the exhibition itself will
feature all new work. Energy and enthusiasm to create still abound in both
artists, who never seem to tire of their mediums or loose freshness or
integrity for their chosen subject matter.
Helen Post’s
bronze works are solid and stark, expressive figures of humans and
animals, who pose and contort into unlikely, and sometimes impossible
configurations. Seeming to posses tribal influences, Helen’s sculptures
provide a sensory depiction of the figure, rather than representational.
The works of Alan
Post are evocative paintings in the areas of still lifes, landscapes,
and figurative works. These are made timeless through Post’s intense and
unyielding appreciation for his surroundings. Post’s paintings are rich
with both color, and personal experience of the world around him.
This exhibition and
retrospective catalogue honors not only the artwork of Helen and Alan
Post, but also celebrates their fruitful and well-spent lives. |