April Gornik to Speak at ArtTalks
Thursday, December 3, at 6:30 p.m., at Christie’s
The American Federation of Arts is pleased to announce that April Gornik will be the speaker at the next AFA ArtTalk. A painter renowned for her virtuosity, Gornik has earned a reputation as a contemporary American successor to J.M.W. Turner with her large-scale landscapes.
Gornik’s paintings, which often feature dramatic depictions of sea, lakes, fields, marshes, rain, and storms, are devoid of human figures, inviting the viewer to inhabit them. She has recently traveled to Namibia and Tanzania, and in many of her subsequent works, the open African plain conveys a sense of the sublime in nature.
Gornik has been exhibiting steadily in solo and group exhibitions for nearly three decades and was the subject of a major mid-career retrospective at the Neuberger Museum of Art in 2004. Her work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum of American Art, and the High Museum of Art, among others. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild Hall Museum in 2003 and was the Neuberger Museum’s Annual Honoree in 2004. April Gornik is represented by Danese Gallery, New York.
The ArtTalk will be held on Thursday, December 3, at 6:30 p.m., at Christie’s, located at 20 Rockefeller Plaza, which is on 49th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session and wine reception hosted by Christie’s.
In-kind support for ArtTalks is provided by Christie’s.
Admission is $15; $10 for AFA members and students with valid identification. Seating is limited and reservations are required. For more information please call 212.988.7700 ext. 210.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2009, the AFA is a nonprofit institution that organizes art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishes exhibition catalogues, and develops educational materials and programs. For more information, visit www.afaweb.org.
Copyright American Federation of Arts 2009
Image: April Gornik, Lake Light, 2008. Oil on linen, 72 x 108 inches. Private collection, courtesy the artist and Danese, New York
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