G E O R G E J O S E P H F A R R A H
(Born Oct. 5, 1950 Detroit, Michigan)
I work in series which happen over a long stretch of time. These series are bounded by some loose organic rules: thick and thin paint, gestural line, or implied gesture. My paintings act as a field of narrative possibilities that the viewer completes. Painting for me is about being blind, then seeing, and being blind again. One never knows what will happen, starting out with even the most focused of ideas. I like the not-knowing and the danger of failure. There is a complexity of seeing, relating, and knowing that exists in the doing and is gone when the painting is done. I love paint and other materials -- their various textures, vast possibilities, unpredictability. I like to not know what is going to happen next in a painting, or in a series. I believe that whatever you begin with, whatever your conscious intentions, your unconscious will attach and reveal itself in your work. I like the possibility that as a part of this process, I might bring about something that is lasting, worth looking at for a long time, something that brings forth a world much larger than mine alone.
Abstract art has always been a very material language used in negotiating, exploring and underscoring the world.
My work references landscape, technology, and the figure. I am interested in what technology has promised and what it has actually delivered. I am also interested in exploring the transcendental tradition of finding God, spirituality, within nature and human beings.
Represented by: Flanders & Associates, Mpls, Min.
HW Gallery, Naples, Florida.
M.F.A. Bard College,
The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
COLLECTIONS:
The David King Collection
The Austin Pitman Collection
The Kathryn Rantala Collection
The Nordstrom Collection
The University of Minnesota Foundation
E X H I BI T I O N S
Flanders Gallery, Solo Show, Spring 2019, Mpls Mn
Flanders Gallery, Gallery Artists, show, Fall, 2016, Mpls, Mn
Flanders Gallery, "Abstraction in Minneapolis", group show, Fall, 2015
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, “Abstraction in Action,“ group show, Spring 2015, Minnetonka, MN.
Instinct Gallery, “Automatic Message”, group show, Fall 2014. Mpls,MN
Flanders Gallery Home Show, NY #11 and Zoey Ptgs, Winter/Spiring, 2014. Mpls, Mn
Flanders Gallery, George Farrah and Mary Lingen, Fall 2013,Mpls, Mn
Flanders Gallery, " Recent Work", Fall 2012
Hennis Fine Art"Abstraction" Group Show, August 2011, Mpls,MN
Hennis Fine Art " Self Portraits 25 Artists" March 2011, Mpls Mn
HW Gallery, September 2009- ; Naples, Florida;
Flanders Gallery, Solo show, ''New Paintings'', August 2007, Mpls MN
Flanders Gallery, 15 "Green City" Paintings, Fall 2006, Mpls,MN
Flanders Gallery, Warehouse Show, Winter 2006, Mpls,MN
Banfill-Locke, Spring 2005, “Images Possible Sent” 3 Artists Respond to War
Fridley MN
The Robert Frost Society, Invitational Show, Summer 2005, Key West, FL
Kate’s Gallery Dec27 ‘04- Jan 13 ‘05, Solo show, Key West, FL
St. John’s University, Spring 2003, “Desert Series,”
Solo show, Collegeville, MN
Calvin And Charles Gallery, Group Exhibition,
Summer 2002, Scottsdale, AZ
Black Box Theater, Solo show, Fall 2001, St Cloud, MN
Kiehle Gallery, Group Show, Fall 2000, St. Cloud MN
Oasis Gallery, Group Show, Fall 2000, St. Cloud, MN
Paramount Gallery, Group Show: Featured Artist, Fall 2000, St. Cloud, MN
Roth Fine Arts, Featured Artist, Fall 1999,
Minneapolis, MN
Paramount Arts District, Solo Show, Spring 1999,
St. Cloud, MN
GUS LUCKY Gallery, “Fab Five” Show, Spring 1999, Minneapolis, MN
Ridgewater Gallery, Solo Show, Fall 1998,
Willmar, MN
GUS LUCKY Gallery, Solo Show, May 1997,
Minneapolis, MN
Atwood Gallery, Group Show, “30 Years of Painting,”
Fall 1995, St. Cloud, MN University of Minnesota, Split Rock Arts Program,
Summer 1993, Duluth, MN
FLAACO Gallery, Solo Show, Winter 1994,
St. Cloud, MN
Rifle Sport, Group exhibition, Summer 1989,
Minneapolis, MN
The La Ma Tin, Group Show, Spring 1989,
St. Cloud, MN
Loche Fine Arts, Group show, Fall 1987, Spring 1988, St. Cloud, MN
Minnesota Center for The Arts, Summer 1986,
Mound, MN
College of Saint Scolastica, Winter 1985, Duluth MN
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minnesota Artists
Exhibition, Winter 1984, Minneapolis, MN
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