Effected by the work of Josef Albers and the American artist, Robert Swain, both who made extensive use of the square while brilliantly exploring the interplay of color, I to, along with several artists was attracted to a fixed format for exploring the phenomena & glories of color. I began doing hexagonal paintings early 1968. My first *Overlapping Hex was done in WestBeth, 1970. One day, nonchalantly holding 2 slides of the early overlap painting in my hand, one atop the other slightly askew, I suddenly saw new colors and most importantly—movement—back & forth—in & out of the picture plane that had excited me while drawing **Meditations on a Square—only now—I saw the same dynamic in color.
The Hallway show in 3 parts:
Part 1-March 2-31-Pencil on paper (1964 Tasmania).
Part 2— April 2-30. Pen & Ink on paper. Studying w/Tom Downing and seeing the works of Ken Noland, Tony Smith, Ronnie Bladen. (WashingtonDC 1967-69).
Part 3—A series of mono-print-drawings done not long after moving into WestBeth. (1970)
All work on paper for sale. POR Questions/comments contact: kenwade@me.com
BIO
Education
SUNY 1974 BFA
Corcoran School of Art. 1966
Tasmanian School of Art 1963
Teaching
Figure Drawing , Parsons School of Design 1976-90 Adjunct Professor of Art, Hunter College, NYC 1971-75
Selected Exhibitions
Argus Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 1966
Corcoran Museum, Washington DC, 1968
Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington DC, 1968-69
The Washington Painters. Baltimore Museum
Julian Pretto, NYC 1974
OK Harris , 1975
Artist Space, NYC,1979
Willard Gallery NYC, 1980
The Pioneer Show, WestBeth Gallery, 2008 Sideshow Gallery,, Brooklyn NY. 2010 Westbeth Gallery, NYC, 2010
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, 2011 Brick Gallery Hudson, NY 2012 ATT Open Studio. NYC 2014
Extravaganzas of Obscurity Project Room, 2015 Black & White Westbeth Gallery 2016
