The Wisdom of Whimsy at 57W57 Arts, New York, NY, opening January 7th, 2024

A solo exhibition of my 3D work, titled The Wisdom of Whimsy, will open at 57W57 Arts, 501 Fifth Avenue, Suite 701, New York, NY, on January 7th, 2024.  The show will run through February 9th.  For further information, please contact Sue Ravitz, 57W57 Arts, at info@57W57arts.com .  

http://www.57w57arts.com/  

http://www.57w57arts.com/robert-schatz-exhibition-view


Small Structure 13, 2021.  Liana, paper, glue, acrylic medium and paint, 8.5" h x 14" w x 4.75" d / 21.6 x 35.6 x 12cm.
Solo exhibition, Stirner Modern, Easton, PA, opening 11 November 2023

An exhibition of my work on panel and paper will open at Stirner Modern Gallery, 230 Ferry Street, in Easton, PA, on November 11, 2023 from 6-8pm.  An exhibition essay has been contributed by Jonathan Frederick Walz, PhD, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of American Art, The Columbus Museum, Georgia.  

For further information, please contact Jonas Stirner, director, at (908) 472-7574.

https://stirnermodern.com/

Postcards From The Edge, 25th Anniversary, Ortuzar Projects, New York, January 5th-8th, 2023

I am participating in the 2023 Visual AIDS benefit, Postcards From The Edge, held January 5th-8th at Ortuzar Projects, 9 White Street, New York, NY.  Visual AIDS has been raising AIDS awareness and supporting artists with HIV/AIDS since 1988.  This marks the 25th anniversary of PFTE.  A collectors' preview will be held at the gallery on Thursday, January 5th.  Sales will begin online and in person at the gallery on Saturday, January 7th at 10AM EST.  For further information:

https://visualaids.org/events/detail/postcards-from-the-edge-2023

Online exhibition Drawing Challenge XVIII at Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, February 2021

My piece Study 1304 is included in the online exhibition Drawing Challenge XVIII at Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY.  The Drawing Challenge series was initiated by the gallery last year under the Covid lockdown.  The theme for the current exhibition is a quote from artist Grace Hartigan: "In painting, I try to make some logic out of the world that has been given to me in chaos."


Study 1304

2013

Acrylic and pencil on paper
16 x 24” / 41 x 61cm overall
Online exhibition Drawing Challenge IV, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, May 2020

My circle piece Enso 2 is included in the online exhibition Drawing Challenge IV sponsored by Jason McCoy Gallery during Covid19 lockdown.  The exhibition is in response to the following words by Rachel Carson (1907-1964), taken from her book Silent Spring: "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.  There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."


The circle symbolizes many things to us: wholeness, cycles of time, the world, strength, elegance, fullness, and emptiness. This piece is crafted out of joined segments of wood, replete with "imperfections" in the arc (since perfection is only a concept in the mind). It references those Zen ink drawings of circles called ensō.  


"Step out onto the Planet. Draw a circle a hundred feet round. Inside the circle are 300 things nobody understands, and maybe nobody's ever seen." Lew Welch, Hermit Poems.

 


Enso 2

2019

Liana, joinery, glue, paper, plaster, acrylic medium and paint, 35.75" h x 35.75" w x 1.25" d / 90.8 x 90.8 x 3.2 cm

String Theory catalogue and artist interview published by Deborah Berke Architects

The catalogue and artist interview for my 2018 exhibition at Deborah Berke Architects has been published by the firm and is available as a pdf.  To download, click on the header above.

Art & Friendship, October 20-November 11, 2018, The Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn

An exhibition to celebrate 10 years of artist friendships by curator, writer, and lecturer, Father Paul Anel.

Solo Exhibition "String Theory" at Deborah Berke Partners, New York, NY, Spring 2018

An exhibition of recent sculpture and work on paper will be on view at the architectural firm Deborah Berke Partners, New York, NY, from March 22nd through May 25th, 2018.  The opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 22nd.  My work was previously exhibited at the firm in 1999.