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  A definition of the word "heroic" might include "epic," "larger than life," "impressive in size and scope"—all fitting descriptions applicable to the art of sculptor Pablo Atchugarry. Hollis Taggart Galleries is pleased to present the artist’s first New York exhibition. Uruguayan-born Atchugarry made his first sculpture in marble in Carrara in 1979; by living and frequenting the quarries there, he learned to love marble and “listen to its voice.” The artist, who has lived and and ...

This exhibition celebrates the exuberance of gesture and innovative abstraction that came to define a central tenet of Abstract Expressionism. Often a balancing act between unbridled spontaneity and careful forethought, this body of work highlights the dynamic action painting that defined a new era in abstraction. With the primacy of the painted surface called to order, American postwar art took center stage. With work by Robert Motherwell, Jack Tworkov, Richard Pousette-Dart, Norman Bluhm, ...

  Hollis Taggart Galleries is pleased to announce the April 2011 release of Manierre Dawson (1887-1969): A Catalogue Raisonné, published by the Three Graces in association with our gallery. To complement the completion of this 15-year venture, we are proud to present an exhibition of this pioneering artistʼs work. Heralded as one of the most inventive American artists of his generation, Dawson created his first series of non-representational abstract paintings in the spring of 1910, making ...

    Marjorie Strider - March 8 through April 2, 2011 Hollis Taggart Galleries is pleased to present Marjorie Strider’s first New York City exhibition in 15 years. Bold, suggestive, and challenging, her paintings, sculptures, and built-out reliefs transgress conventions with great intelligence and mischief. With more than 40 artworks on view from the 1960s, 1970s, and today, the exhibition includes pieces dating from Strider’s early exhibitions at Pace Gallery, including the influential “First ...

From November 15 through January 3, 2011, Hollis Taggart Galleries is pleased to offer an important group of paintings and sculptures from a prominent California collection. Combining art historical significance with tremendous visual appeal, these artworks exemplify the key movements of the early twentieth century. The paintings and sculptures from this collection display the broad range of stylistic idioms that modernists explored. Max Weber’s Three Figures and Still Life demonstrate the ...

From May 13 through July 2, Hollis Taggart Galleries will present a full retrospective of the work of Theodoros Stamos, the first in the United States in nearly twenty years. The youngest member of the “Irascibles” profiled in Life magazine, Stamos created an innovative oeuvre defined by intellectual engagement with nature, science, and philosophy. With forty paintings on view, the exhibition begins in 1944—shortly after the artist’s first solo show with Betty Parsons at age twenty—then ...