Gordon Powell, Painted Wood Assemblage Abstract Art Sculpture Painting Gordon Powell Modernist

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Gordon Powell (American, 1947-)
Hand signed and dated verso.
Trio
2006
Pine and gesso
Dimensions: Framed 23 1/2” x 18”

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Hand signed and dated verso.
Trio
2006
Pine and gesso
Dimensions: Framed 23 1/2” x 18”

Gordon Powell received his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois in Chicago and his B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute, where he now serves as a full adjunct professor. His many awards include the prestigious Prix de Rome and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work is in numerous collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago.
Chicago abstract artist Gordon Powell describes his work as having to do with “building, about putting things together to make a physical form.” He manipulates common objects and positions them in new and unexpected contexts.
In this piece, Powell uses pieces of wood to create a sculptural relief. He forms a puzzle-like surface with carved and whitewashed pieces, joins them together to provide linear definition, and adds surface cuts in some areas. Notice how Powell allows the grains, imperfections and natural formations of the wood to be an integral part of his work.
"In my practice I work with “fragments” which I make from old pattern paper templates, mdf, and paint. Laid out on the table or floor, the materials are cut into different shapes and the surfaces painted or marked. They are then brought together and arranged or composed into a form and then glued together. The process and choices are the result of improvisation; comparing one fragment next to another to see how they work together." The images and shapes are abstract.His style is similar to the collage and assemblage works of French artist Georges Noel, Arman and Cesar and American artist Cecil Touchon.

Select Exhibitions Gordon Powell has participated in include the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Racine Art Museum, Sculpture Center, New York, Roy Boyd Gallery Chicago and Los Angeles, Virgina Zabriskie Gallery, New York, Perimeter Gallery Chicago and New York City, the American Academy in Rome, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, and Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Select Collections include The Art Institute of Chicago, State of Illinois, City of Chicago, Rockford Art Museum, Racine Art Museum and the Elmhurst Art Museum. (see complete resume)
Select Awards and Residencies include the Rome Prize (Prix de Rome), National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council Fellowships, School of the Art Institute Of Chicago Faculty Enrichment Grants, Yaddo Residency, Dora Maar House, Manerbe, France, American Academy in Rome Residencies, and Krems, Austria Residency, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft Residency, Berlin.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Anonymous Drawings Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
2013 Metropolitan Capital, Material Manipulation and Transformation: Barbara Cooper and Gordon Powell
An Impromptu Art Show, Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, Mi
2011 Anchor Graphics: Surveying the collection, Riverside Arts Center, artists included Tim Anderson, McArthur Binion, Nyame Brown, Amanda Burk, Paul Coffey, Chris Dacre, Jeff Elrod, Steve Heyman, Richard Hull, Michiko Itatani, Anita Jung, Mike Lash, China Marks, David Teng Olsen, Kathryn Polk, Gordon Powell, Richard Repasky, Anne Roecklein, Karl Wirsum, Saya Woolfalk, and Jennifer Yorke.
2009 Sears Tower, Gordon Powell, Robert Hudson, Victoria Fuller
Perimeter Gallery, Gallery Artists
2007 Metcap Bank six artists: Rodney Carswell, Sarah Krepp, Karpowitz, Pearlman, Gordon Powell, Margaret Wharton
2006 181st Invitational Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,
National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2002 Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY
Natural Forms, Sculpture at Northeastern University, Chicago,
Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center, St Joesph, Mi.,
Abstract Truths, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, Il.,
2001 Between Form and Function, Elgin Community College, Elgin, Il
1998 Group Show, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
1997 Beauty, Dallas Geichman Powell, exhibition traveled to the Ukrainian
Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, The Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Il,
Bradley University, Peoria, Il
1996 Small Wonder, San Francisco Craft and Folk Museum, San Francisco,
Contemporary American Sculpture, Snite Museum of Art,
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
1995 Material Junction: 3 Chicago Sculptors, Evanston Arts Center,
U.S.A. Within Limits, Gallery Andre Millan, San Paulo, Brazil,
curated by Bob Nugent
Diverse Abstractions, College of Lake County, Lake Forest, Il
16 Chicago Artist, Cultural Center, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
1993 ABSTRACT: CHICAGO, Klein Art Works, Chicago
Structure/Building/Architectural Fiber, Textile Arts Centre, Chicago
Summer Invitational, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1992 Few and Far Between, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Group Show, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Sculptors on Paper, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.
1991 The Tension of Containment, Textile Arts Center, Chicago
1990 Summer 1990, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York
Chicago Show, Chicago Cultural Center
Sculpture Center Benefit Show, Sculpture Center, New York
1989 Body Fragments, Shea and Beker Gallery, New York, curated by Robert Edelman
1988 Annual Exhibitions MCMLXXXVIII, American Academy in Rome, Italy
Columnar, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
Emerging Sculptors, Sculpture Center, New York
1987 High Profiles: Graduates of the U.I.C. School of Art & Design, Chicago
1986 Extended Boundaries, The Cultural Center, Chicago
Illinois Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship Show,
Thompson Center, Chicago, Il
Fetish Show: Obsessive Expressions, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Il
1985 Eight-first Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, The Art Institute of Chicago
Between Painting and Sculpture, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL See less