Note: Open Studio May 19-20, 2001
STATEMENT This recent series of
paintings continues my ongoing involvement with employing
the strictures of Formalism as foils for disruption --
turning its conventions on itself. The 'freeze-dried'
gestures utilized are mere representations, codified so as
to further remove them from normative readings of
expression, converting them to objectified 'motifs'. This
objectification transforms both the functions and the
implications of these elements, presenting a finished
product that must be approached without pre-conceived
notions. The palette employed is both anti-naturalistic and
non-psychological, not replacing nature with a subjective,
emotional construct, but using objectified color as merely
another disruptive element of composition. N.
Olivier,
March 1998 UPCOMING
SHOWS 1999 Harum Scarum, 4-person Show
at Marymount Manhattan Gallery, NYC Four From New York, Borges
Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina SOLO
SHOWS 1996 Recent Paintings, 55 Mercer
Gallery, NYC 1995 Recent Paintings, Kim Foster
Gallery, 62 Crosby Street, NYC 1993 Paintings, 55 Mercer
Gallery, NYC 1991 New Paintings, 55 Mercer
Gallery, NYC 1990 Paintings, 55 Mercer
Gallery, NYC 1989 Works On Paper, 55 Mercer
Gallery, NYC SELECTED
GROUP SHOWS 1995 Material Verite', Sponsored
by Art Initiatives, 148 Duane Street, NYC 1994 Animate Presence: Kirchner,
Olivier, Samuels, Foster Peet Gallery, 62 Crosby Street,
NYC Out Of Line II: Abstract
Painting & Sculpture, Sponsored by OIA, the Police
Building, Grand Street, NYC New Space, Foster Peet
Gallery, 62 Crosby Street, NYC 10 X 10: Ten Dealers Choose
Ten Artists, Sponsored by Art Initiatives, 148 Duane Street,
NYC. Selected by Robert Morrison Gallery 1993 Works On Paper, Foster Peet
Gallery, 53 Crosby Street, NYC Out Of Line: Four Abstract
Painters, PS 122, 150 First Avenue, NYC 1991 Contemporary Painting, Wake
Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. Curated by Victor
Faccinto 1989 Emerging Artists, A.I.R.
Gallery, 63 Crosby Street, NYC The Topical Rainforest,
Parts I & II, Red Square, NYC . Curated by Robert
Costa Inaugural Group Show,
Randall Gallery, 999 N. 13 Street, St. Louis, MO 1986 Everson Biennial, Everson
Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, NY. 1985 Artists In Residence Group
Show, Principal Gallery, Altos De Chavon, Dominican
Republic 1983 The Stranger Show, Public
Image Gallery, 155 Mott Street, NYC AWARDS
AND FELLOWSHIPS 1994 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY,
Artist In Residence Fellowship 1992 Virginia Center For The
Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, Artist In Residence
Fellowship 1989 Artistspace Exhibition
Grant 1985 Altos De Chavon, La Romana,
Dominican Republic, Artist In Residence
Fellowship BIBLIOGRAPHY 04/96 Joseph Karoly: Essay,
"Recent Paintings", 55 Mercer Gallery 04/95 Cornelia Butler: Essay,
"Recent Paintings", Kim Foster Gallery 04/94 Joseph Karoly: Essay,
"Animate Presence", Kim Foster Gallery 04/94 Terry R. Myers: Catalog
Essay, "Out Of Line: Abstract Painting & Sculpture", the
Police Building 12/93 Ronny Cohen: Review,
Artforum 03/93 Nancy Princenthal: Catalog
Essay, "Out Of Line: Four Abstract Painters", PS
122 10/91 Jed Perl: Review, Art &
Antiques 02/91 Tom Patterson: Review,
Winston-Salem Journal 04/90 Robert Costa: New York
Reviews, New Art Examiner
